Sex and gender differences impact the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19
mortality. Furthermore, sex differences influence the frequency and severity of …

The number of COVID-19 cases appears to be comparable between men and women, but
the severity of disease and death is two times greater for men than for women (1, 2). History …

Introduction Sex is increasingly recognized as an important factor in the epidemiology and
outcome of many diseases. This also appears to hold for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

To successfully mitigate the extraordinary devastation caused by the Coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it is crucial to identify important risk factors for this disease. One …

Importance Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been calls for COVID-19
clinical trials to be fully representative of all demographic groups. However, limited evidence …

Anecdotal evidence suggests that Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, exhibits differences in morbidity and mortality between sexes …

Abstract Background Emerging evidence from China suggests that coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) is deadlier for infected men than women with a 2.8% fatality rate being …

Background Sex has consistently been shown to affect COVID-19 mortality, but it remains
unclear how each sex's clinical outcome may be distinctively shaped by risk factors …

Objective: To conduct a meta-analysis of current studies that examined sex differences in
severity and mortality in patients with COVID-19, and identify potential mechanisms …

Background: The rapidly evolving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was declared a
pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. It was first detected in the …