The Association between Statins Intake and Risk of Post Stroke Pneumonia:
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Mohammad Darvishi,
Mehdi Mohammadian Amiri,
Saeid Heidari-Soureshjani
et al.
Abstract:Aim:
This research aimed to examine the relationship between the intake of statins and
the risk of post-stroke pneumonia in a systematic review and meta-analysis study.
Methods:
An extensive search of published articles on March 21st
, 2023, was done in several databases, like Web of Science (ISI), PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Scopus, and Google Scholar.
The Newcastle Ottawa Scale (NOS) checklist was employed to evaluate the quality of observational
studies. Statistical tests (Chi-square test and I2
) a… Show more
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