Table 4 Meta-regression between different conditions and age as moderator.

From: Global prevalence and effect of comorbidities and smoking status on severity and mortality of COVID-19 in association with age and gender: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression

Condition

Coefficient

SE

Z

95% CI

P value

Obesity

0.002

0.001

1.79

− 0.0002 to 0.004

0.07

Diabetes

0.005

0.0009

5.77

0.003 to 0.007

0.000

Hypertension

0.012

0.001

11.04

0.10 to 0.146

0.000

Asthma

0.001

0.0004

2.40

0.0002 to 0.002

0.016

Smoking

0.002

0.001

1.58

− 0.005 to 0.004

0.113

Hospitalised

0.006

0.003

1.90

− 0.0001 to 0.012

0.057

ICU Admission

0.003

0.001

2.08

0.0001 to 0.006

0.037

Mortality

0.006

0.001

5.22

0.0039 to 0.008

0.000

  1. SE standard error; CI confidence.
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