Male gender is a predictor of higher mortality in hospitalized adults with COVID-19.

Ninh T NguyenJustine ChinnMorgan De FerranteKatharine A KirbySamuel F HohmannAlpesh Amin

Published in: PloS one (2021)

This large analysis of 308,010 COVID-19 adults hospitalized at US academic centers showed that males have a higher rate of respiratory intubation and longer length of hospital stay compared to females and have a higher death rate even when compared across age groups, race/ethnicity, payers, and comorbidity.

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