February 26, 2020

Higher severity and mortality in male patients with COVID-19 independent of age and susceptibility.

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• While men and women appear to be equally susceptible to COVID-19, men tend to have more severe illness, similar to SARS-CoV. Older age and more comorbidities were also associated with higher COVID-19 illness severity in this review of public data from China.  

Jin et al. (Feb 25, 2020). Higher severity and mortality in male patients with COVID-19 independent of age and susceptibility. Pre-print downloaded Feb 25 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.23.20026864