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Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought great challenges to global public health. However, a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between liver biochemical parameters and COVID-19 mortality is quite limited.
Methods: We searched the following electronic databases: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scopus, Wanfang and China National Knowledge Infrastructure database until May 5, 2020. STATA software was used for the statistical analyses.
Results: A total of 25 studies involving 5971 COVID-19 patients were included in our analysis. Compared with non-survivors, survivors had lower levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (weighted mean difference [WMD]=-16.71U/L, 95%CI=[-21.03,-12.40], P<0.001), alanine transaminase (ALT) (WMD=-5.20U/L, 95%CI=[-8.00,-2.41], P<0.001), total bilirubin (TBIL) (WMD=4.40μmol/L, 95%CI=[-5.11,-3.70], P<0.001) and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) (WMD=-252.44U/L, 95%CI=[-289.57,-215.30], P<0.001), and higher albumin (ALB) level (WMD=4.47g/L, 95%CI=[3.47,5.47], P<0.001). Besides, survivors had lower proportions of these abnormally increased parameters (AST: OR=0.25, 95%CI=[0.15,0.41], P<0.001; ALT: OR=0.49, 95%CI=[0.37,0.64], P<0.001; TBIL: (OR=0.20, 95%CI=[0.12,0.34], P<0.001; LDH, OR=0.09, 95%CI=[0.06,0.14], P<0.001), and lower proportion of abnormally decreased ALB (OR=0.16, 95%CI=[0.07,0.38], P<0.001). Meta-analysis based on standard mean difference and sensitivity analysis did not change the conclusions. Egger test did not detect the presence of publication bias.
Conclusions: Liver biochemical parameters were strongly correlated with COVID-19 mortality. Measurement of these liver biochemical parameters might assist clinicians to evaluate the prognosis of COVID-19.
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