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Rafia Butt1, Rehan Ahmad Khan Sherwani1, Muhammad Aslam2
1College of Statistical Sciences, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan.
AIMS public health
|October 16, 2023
概括
这项研究发现,与目前的吸烟者相比,非吸烟者患COVID-19的患病率更高. 对34项研究的分析表明,与某些预期相反,吸烟可能不会增加COVID-19风险.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 呼吸系统医学 呼吸系统医学
背景情况:
- 吸烟是呼吸系统疾病的已知危险因素之一.
- 吸烟与COVID-19 (由SARS-CoV-2引起) 风险和严重程度之间的关联正在调查中.
- 关于吸烟和COVID-19流行情况的现有研究显示了不一致的发现.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定当前吸烟者与非吸烟者之间COVID-19的流行率.
- 从已发表的关于吸烟状况和COVID-19的研究中计算聚合估计.
- 为了澄清吸烟史和COVID-19感染率之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 根据PRISMA的指导方针进行了一项固定效应的元分析.
- 分析了34项研究的数据,其中包括13,368名患者,他们确认了COVID-19的RT-PCR或CT扫描结果.
- 通过Joanna Briggs Institute的评估检查表来评估研究质量.
主要成果:
- 目前吸烟者的综合估计为0.12 (CI:0.11-0.12).
- 非吸烟者的综合估计为0.88 (CI:0.88-0.89).
- 在包括的研究中没有观察到异质性 (I2 = 0%),表明结果一致.
结论:
- 与目前的吸烟者相比,在非吸烟者中观察到COVID-19的患病率更高.
- 研究结果表明,吸烟可能与COVID-19感染风险增加无关.
- 可能需要进一步的研究,以充分理解吸烟和呼吸道病毒感染之间的复杂相互作用.
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