Sex differences in a cohort of COVID-19 Italian patients hospitalized during the first and second pandemic waves.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity seems to be influenced by genetic background, sex, age, and presence of specific comorbidities. So far, little attention has been paid to sex-specific variations of demographic, clinical, and laboratory features of COVID-19 patients referred to the same hospital in the two consecutive pandemic waves.

Methods

Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were collected in 1000 COVID-19 patients (367 females and 633 males), 500 hospitalized in the first wave and 500 in the second one, at the ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia from March to December 2020. Statistical analyses have been employed to compare data obtained in females and males, taking into account their age, and during the first and second COVID-19 waves.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Quaresima V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8355575 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature