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Gender Difference Is Associated With Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection: An Insight From a Meta-Analysis
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Ueyama, Hiroki Kuno, Toshiki Takagi, Hisato Krishnamoorthy, Parasuram Vengrenyuk, Yuliya Sharma, Samin K. Kini, Annapoorna S. Lerakis, Stamatios |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | Journal: Critical Care Explorations Coronavirus disease 2019 is a novel infection now causing pandemic around the world. The gender difference in regards to the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 infection has not been well described thus far. Our aim was to investigate how gender difference can affect the disease severity of coronavirus disease 2019 infection. A comprehensive literature search of PubMed and Embase databases was conducted from December 1, 2019, to March 26, 2020. An additional manual search of secondary sources was conducted to minimize missing relevant studies. There were no language restrictions. Studies were included in our meta-analysis if it was published in peer-reviewed journals and recorded patient characteristics of severe versus nonsevere or survivor versus nonsurvivor in coronavirus disease 2019 infection. Two investigators independently screened the search, extracted the data, and assessed the quality of the study. Our search identified 15 observational studies with a total of 3,494 patients (1,935 males and 1,559 females) to be included in our meta-analysis. Males were more likely to develop severe coronavirus disease 2019 infection compared with females (odds ratio, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.07–1.60). There was no significant heterogeneity (I2 = 12%) among the studies. This meta-analysis suggests that the male gender may be a predictor of more severe coronavirus disease 2019 infection. Further accumulation of evidence from around the world is warranted to confirm our findings. |
| Related Links | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314340/pdf |
| ISSN | 26398028 |
| e-ISSN | 26398028 |
| DOI | 10.1097/cce.0000000000000148 |
| Journal | Critical Care Explorations |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 2 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
| Publisher Date | 2020-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Critical Care Explorations Womens Studies Coronavirus Disease 2019 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine |
