Fan Wu, Congcong Wang, Shunran Li, Ying Ye, Mingting Cui, Yajie Liu, Shiqiang Jiang, Jun Qian, Jianhui Yuan, Yuelong Shu, Caijun Sun
Previous studies reported that the association between statins use and influenza infection was contradictory. A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies were performed to determine the association between statins use and influenza susceptibility. The literature search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science, from each database's inception to 21 May 2023. The fixed effect model and random effects model were used for data synthesis. In our study, a total of 1,472,239 statins users and 1,486,881 statins non-users from five articles were included...
February 10, 2024: Viruses