Review Article

Clinical Features and Laboratory Examination to Identify Severe Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

The basic information of the included studies.

NumberStudyYearCountryIndicators included in the study

1Yulong Zhou202017ChinaCough, fatigue, fever, shortness of breath
2Guang Chen202021ChinaChest tightness, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, fatigue, fever, headache, hypertension, myalgia, shortness of breath, sputum production
3Chaolin Huang202041ChinaCardiovascular disease, chronic liver disease, chronic respiratory system diseases, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, fever, headache, hypertension, malignancy, shortness of breath, sputum production
4Yuhuan Xu202050ChinaChest tightness, cough, fatigue, fever, headache, myalgia, sore throat, sputum production
5Jiaojiao Chu202054ChinaChest tightness, cough, diarrhea, fatigue, fever, myalgia, shortness of breath, sore throat, sputum production
6Kaicai Liu202073ChinaCough, fatigue, fever, sputum production
7Hansheng Xie202079ChinaCardiovascular disease, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, fever, hypertension, shortness of breath, sputum production
8Suxin Wan2020135ChinaCardiovascular disease, chronic liver disease, diabetes, hypertension, malignancy
9Dawei Wang2020138ChinaCardiovascular disease, chronic liver disease, chronic renal diseases, chronic respiratory system diseases, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, fever, headache, hypertension, malignancy, shortness of breath, sore throat, sputum production
10Jinjin Zhang2020140ChinaCardiovascular disease, chronic liver disease, chronic renal diseases, chronic respiratory system diseases, diabetes, hypertension
11Sijia Tian2020262ChinaCough, fatigue, fever, headache, shortness of breath
12Jian Wu2020280ChinaChronic liver disease, chronic renal diseases, chronic respiratory system diseases, cough, diarrhea, fever, malignancy, myalgia, shortness of breath, sore throat
13Qingxian Cai2020298ChinaCardiovascular disease, chronic liver disease, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, fatigue, fever, headache, hypertension, malignancy, sore throat
14Weijie Guan20201099ChinaCardiovascular disease, chronic liver disease, chronic renal diseases, chronic respiratory system diseases, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, fever, headache, hypertension, shortness of breath, sore throat, sputum production
15Ming Chen202054ChinaCardiovascular disease, chest tightness, chronic respiratory system diseases, cough, fatigue, fever, hypertension, myalgia, shortness of breath
16Dan Li 1202080ChinaCardiovascular disease, chronic liver disease, chronic renal diseases, chronic respiratory system diseases, diabetes, diarrhea, fatigue, fever, headache, hypertension, malignancy, myalgia, shortness of breath
17Dan Li 2202030ChinaCardiovascular disease, cough, diabetes, fever, hypertension, shortness of breath
18Zilong Lu2020101ChinaCardiovascular disease, chronic renal diseases, cough, diabetes, fatigue, fever, headache, hypertension, sputum production
19Qiu Wan2020153ChinaChronic liver disease, chronic respiratory system diseases, cough, diabetes, fatigue, fever, hypertension, myalgia, shortness of breath, sputum production
20Rong Wang202096ChinaCough, diabetes, fever, hypertension
21Tianxin Xiang202049ChinaChest tightness, chronic liver disease, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, fatigue, fever, hypertension, sore throat, sputum production
22Wei Zhang202074ChinaCardiovascular disease, chronic liver disease, chronic renal diseases, chronic respiratory system diseases, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, fatigue, fever, headache, hypertension, malignancy, myalgia, shortness of breath, sore throat, sputum production, chest tightness
23Shuxiang Zhang202034ChinaChronic respiratory system diseases, cough, headache, hypertension, myalgia, sputum production
24Cancan Zhao2020189ChinaCough, diabetes, fever, hypertension, shortness of breath, sore throat, sputum production