Mortality Assessment in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Int J Mol Sci · 2026 · PMC13206847 · PMID 42196353

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.0746so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

a weak trendno p-value reported

The funnel plot ( Figure 3 ) and Egger’s test revealed no evidence of small-study effects or publication bias across all subgroups, with the exception of the DM subgroup, in which a weak trend towards small-study effects was noted; however, this did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.0746).

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