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| 1 | Clinical characteristics of 113 deceased patients with coronavirus disease 2019: retrospective study | BMJ, The | 2020 | 3,183 |
| 2 | Features of 20 133 UK patients in hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational cohort study | BMJ, The | 2020 | 2,572 |
| 3 | Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19: systematic review and critical appraisal | BMJ, The | 2020 | 2,238 |
| 4 | Factors associated with hospital admission and critical illness among 5279 people with coronavirus disease 2019 in New York City: prospective cohort study | BMJ, The | 2020 | 2,158 |
| 5 | Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: reporting guideline | BMJ, The | 2020 | 1,676 |
| 6 | Clinical findings in a group of patients infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) outside of Wuhan, China: retrospective case series | BMJ, The | 2020 | 1,659 |
| 7 | Clinical manifestations, risk factors, and maternal and perinatal outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnancy: living systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2020 | 1,581 |
| 8 | Cancer risk in 680 000 people exposed to computed tomography scans in childhood or adolescence: data linkage study of 11 million Australians | BMJ, The | 2013 | 1,567 |
| 9 | Covid-19: risk factors for severe disease and death | BMJ, The | 2020 | 1,291 |
| 10 | Fruit and vegetable consumption and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies | BMJ, The | 2014 | 1,255 |
| 11 | Viral load dynamics and disease severity in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Zhejiang province, China, January-March 2020: retrospective cohort study | BMJ, The | 2020 | 1,254 |
| 12 | Dietary sugars and body weight: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies | BMJ, The | 2012 | 1,192 |
| 13 | Long covid—mechanisms, risk factors, and management | BMJ, The | 2021 | 1,062 |
| 14 | Bariatric surgery versus non-surgical treatment for obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials | BMJ, The | 2013 | 1,051 |
| 15 | Effect of longer term modest salt reduction on blood pressure: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials | BMJ, The | 2013 | 1,017 |
| 16 | Effect of lower sodium intake on health: systematic review and meta-analyses | BMJ, The | 2013 | 966 |
| 17 | Calculating the sample size required for developing a clinical prediction model | BMJ, The | 2020 | 952 |
| 18 | Intake of saturated and trans unsaturated fatty acids and risk of all cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies | BMJ, The | 2015 | 941 |
| 19 | Effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines on covid-19 related symptoms, hospital admissions, and mortality in older adults in England: test negative case-control study | BMJ, The | 2021 | 922 |
| 20 | Prevalence of diabetes recorded in mainland China using 2018 diagnostic criteria from the American Diabetes Association: national cross sectional study | BMJ, The | 2020 | 907 |
| 21 | Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children during the covid-19 pandemic in Paris, France: prospective observational study | BMJ, The | 2020 | 869 |
| 22 | Assessment and management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia | BMJ, The | 2015 | 868 |
| 23 | Physical activity and risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and ischemic stroke events: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 | BMJ, The | 2016 | 857 |
| 24 | Characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women admitted to hospital with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK: national population based cohort study | BMJ, The | 2020 | 848 |
| 25 | Hydroxychloroquine in patients with mainly mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019: open label, randomised controlled trial | BMJ, The | 2020 | 846 |
| 26 | Occurrence, prevention, and management of the psychological effects of emerging virus outbreaks on healthcare workers: rapid review and meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2020 | 823 |
| 27 | Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score | BMJ, The | 2020 | 819 |
| 28 | Vitamin D and multiple health outcomes: umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies and randomised trials | BMJ, The | 2014 | 777 |
| 29 | Change in mental health after smoking cessation: systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2014 | 772 |
| 30 | Opioid overdose rates and implementation of overdose education and nasal naloxone distribution in Massachusetts: interrupted time series analysis | BMJ, The | 2013 | 760 |
| 31 | Rates and risk factors for prolonged opioid use after major surgery: population based cohort study | BMJ, The | 2014 | 755 |
| 32 | Effect of tranexamic acid on surgical bleeding: systematic review and cumulative meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2012 | 734 |
| 33 | Pre-eclampsia rates in the United States, 1980-2010: age-period-cohort analysis | BMJ, The | 2013 | 733 |
| 34 | Health consequences of shift work and insufficient sleep | BMJ, The | 2016 | 730 |
| 35 | Leucocyte telomere length and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2014 | 727 |
| 36 | Mortality due to cancer treatment delay: systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2020 | 727 |
| 37 | Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2015 | 722 |
| 38 | Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages, artificially sweetened beverages, and fruit juice and incidence of type 2 diabetes: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimation of population attributable fraction | BMJ, The | 2015 | 706 |
| 39 | Diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for covid-19: systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2020 | 702 |
| 40 | Maternal and fetal risk factors for stillbirth: population based study | BMJ, The | 2013 | 701 |
| 41 | Outcome of delirium in critically ill patients: systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2015 | 701 |
| 42 | Sepsis: pathophysiology and clinical management | BMJ, The | 2016 | 700 |
| 43 | Short term outcomes after extreme preterm birth in England: comparison of two birth cohorts in 1995 and 2006 (the EPICure studies) | BMJ, The | 2012 | 673 |
| 44 | Risk of mortality in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern 202012/1: matched cohort study | BMJ, The | 2021 | 672 |
| 45 | Effect of increased potassium intake on cardiovascular risk factors and disease: systematic review and meta-analyses | BMJ, The | 2013 | 670 |
| 46 | Whole grain consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all cause and cause specific mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies | BMJ, The | 2016 | 669 |
| 47 | Effect of screening sigmoidoscopy and screening colonoscopy on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational studies | BMJ, The | 2014 | 668 |
| 48 | Association between prediabetes and risk of cardiovascular disease and all cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2016 | 667 |
| 49 | Neurological and developmental outcome in extremely preterm children born in England in 1995 and 2006: the EPICure studies | BMJ, The | 2012 | 662 |
| 50 | Lithium in the prevention of suicide in mood disorders: updated systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2013 | 659 |
