Does higher body mass index increase COVID-19 severity? A systematic review and meta-analysis
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.12.05.20244566: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization Eligible studies were randomized control trials, cohort studies (both prospective and retrospective), and case-control studies. Blinding These were: (i) source population representation; (ii) blinding; (iii) exposure assessment; (iv) outcome assessment; (v) confounding; (vi) incomplete outcome data; (vii) selective outcome reporting; (viii) conflict of interest; and (23) other sources of bias. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Literature Search: We searched two electronic databases: MEDLINE (on October 20, 2020) and Cochrane library (on October … SciScore for 10.1101/2020.12.05.20244566: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization Eligible studies were randomized control trials, cohort studies (both prospective and retrospective), and case-control studies. Blinding These were: (i) source population representation; (ii) blinding; (iii) exposure assessment; (iv) outcome assessment; (v) confounding; (vi) incomplete outcome data; (vii) selective outcome reporting; (viii) conflict of interest; and (23) other sources of bias. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Literature Search: We searched two electronic databases: MEDLINE (on October 20, 2020) and Cochrane library (on October 21, 2020). MEDLINEsuggested: (MEDLINE, RRID:SCR_002185)Cochrane librarysuggested: (Cochrane Library, RRID:SCR_013000)All analysis was done by using Review Manager (RevMan) software version 5.4. RevMansuggested: (RevMan, RRID:SCR_003581)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
Results from rtransparent:- Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
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