Department of Statistics, Center for Mathematics and Applications (NOVA Math), NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST), 2825-149 Caparica, Portugal
Research
Cardiovascular Events Post COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Multivariate Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
Author(s): Raheleh Karimi, Mina Norozirad, Foad Esmaeili and Marjan Mansourian*
Background: With the aim of providing a detailed understanding and applying a comprehensive strategy, this study examines the association between COVID-19 vaccination and cardiovascular events.
Methods: We conducted a Bayesian multivariate meta-analysis using summary data across multiple outcomes including myocardial infarction, stroke, arrhythmia and CAD, considering potential dependencies in the data. Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods was detected for easy implementation of the Bayesian approach. Also, the sensitivity analysis of the model was done by using different priors.
Results: Fifteen studies were included in the systematic review, with eleven studies comparing the results between the vaccine group and the unvaccinated group. Additionally, six studies were used for further analysis to compare mR.. View more»