Covid-19 and gender: lower rate but same mortality of severe disease in women-an observational study.
Federico RaimondiLuca NovelliArianna GhirardiFilippo Maria RussoDario PellegriniRoberta BizaRoberta TrapassoLisa GiulianiMarisa AnelliMariangela AmorosoChiara AllegriGianluca ImeriClaudia SanfilippoSofia ComandiniEngland HilaLeonardo ManessoLucia GandiniPietro MandelliMartina MontiMauro GoriMichele SenniFerdinando Luca LoriniMarco RizziTiziano BarbuiLaura ParisAlessandro RambaldiRoberto CosentiniGiulio GuagliumiSimonetta CesaMichele ColledanMaria SessaArianna MasciulliAntonello GavazziSabrina BuoroGiuseppe RemuzziPiero RuggenentiAnnapaola CallegaroAndrea GianattiClaudio FarinaAntonio BellasiSandro SironiStefano FagiuoliFabiano Di Marconull nullPublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2021)
Hospitalized women are less likely to die from Covid-19; however, once severe disease occurs, the risk of dying is similar to men. Further studies are needed to better investigate the role of gender in clinical course and outcome of Covid-19.