The complexity of examining laboratory-based biological markers associated with mortality in hospitalized patients during early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and evidence map

• Lauren E. Griffith ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: griffith@mcmaster.ca

  ¶‡ LEG and MUA are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-9692

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• Muhammad Usman Ali ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ LEG and MUA are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Alessandra Andreacchi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6923-9245

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• Mark Loeb,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Meghan Kenny,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Divya Joshi,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3190-8866

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• Vishal Mokashi,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Ahmed Irshad,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Angela K. Ulrich,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

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• Nicole E. Basta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Parminder Raina,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Laura Anderson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6106-5073

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• Cynthia Balion

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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