Sex and gender: modifiers of health, disease, and medicine

F Mauvais-Jarvis, NB Merz, PJ Barnes, RD Brinton… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Clinicians can encounter sex and gender disparities in diagnostic and therapeutic
responses. These disparities are noted in epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical …

Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ZJ Madewell, Y Yang, IM Longini… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Crowded indoor environments, such as households, are high-risk settings for the
transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Objectives …

Excess deaths associated with covid-19 pandemic in 2020: age and sex disaggregated time series analysis in 29 high income countries

N Islam, VM Shkolnikov, RJ Acosta, I Klimkin, I Kawachi… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To estimate the direct and indirect effects of the covid-19 pandemic on mortality in
2020 in 29 high income countries with reliable and complete age and sex disaggregated …

[HTML][HTML] Considering how biological sex impacts immune responses and COVID-19 outcomes

EP Scully, J Haverfield, RL Ursin… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
A male bias in mortality has emerged in the COVID-19 pandemic, which is consistent with
the pathogenesis of other viral infections. Biological sex differences may manifest …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national estimates of the population at increased risk of severe COVID-19 due to underlying health conditions in 2020: a modelling study

A Clark, M Jit, C Warren-Gash, B Guthrie… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The risk of severe COVID-19 if an individual becomes infected is known to be
higher in older individuals and those with underlying health conditions. Understanding the …

COVID‐19 patients' clinical characteristics, discharge rate, and fatality rate of meta‐analysis

L Li, T Huang, Y Wang, Z Wang, Y Liang… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical data, discharge rate, and fatality rate of
COVID‐19 patients for clinical help. The clinical data of COVID‐19 patients from December …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of comorbidities and its effects in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Yang, YA Zheng, X Gou, K Pu, Z Chen, Q Guo… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background An outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurred in Wuhan,
China; the epidemic is more widespread than initially estimated, with cases now confirmed …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of comorbidities in the novel Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Yang, Y Zheng, X Gou, K Pu, Z Chen, Q Guo… - Int J Infect …, 2020 - medicinainterna.net.pe
Background: An outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China, the epidemic
is more widespread than initially estimated, with cases now confirmed in multiple countries …

Potential interventions for novel coronavirus in China: A systematic review

L Zhang, Y Liu - Journal of medical virology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID‐19 or 2019‐CoV) infection has posed significant
threats to international health and the economy. In the absence of treatment for this virus …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and the elderly: insights into pathogenesis and clinical decision-making

F Perrotta, G Corbi, G Mazzeo, M Boccia… - Aging clinical and …, 2020 - Springer
The elderly may represent a specific cluster of high-risk patients for developing COVID-19
with rapidly progressive clinical deterioration. Indeed, in older individuals …