A review of the reasons for high prevalence and rapid progression of COVID-19 in men

Previous studies have demonstrated a relationship between gender and COVID-19 outcomes. In addition, this is confirmed that men have more danger of progressing an acute type of the illness than women, specifies the significance of miscellaneous data related to male and female patients with COVID-19....

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Autores principales: Neda Taghizabet, Fatemeh Rezaei-Tazangi, Hossein Roghani‐Shahraki
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ad878c68593a4960a9556dd7474f24362021-11-16T10:42:13ZA review of the reasons for high prevalence and rapid progression of COVID-19 in men2476-393410.34172/jpe.2022.03https://doaj.org/article/ad878c68593a4960a9556dd7474f24362022-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jprevepi.com/PDF/jpe-7-e03.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2476-3934Previous studies have demonstrated a relationship between gender and COVID-19 outcomes. In addition, this is confirmed that men have more danger of progressing an acute type of the illness than women, specifies the significance of miscellaneous data related to male and female patients with COVID-19. In other words, some factors like hormonal levels and immune function may interact with each other. A perception of the fundamental reasons for gender diversities in COVID-19 patients can beget a chance for disease prevention and faster treatment. The present study evaluates the role of gender in the incidence and progression of the COVID-19 disease. It has been explained that how gender affects angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which is a basic factor for the COVID-19 pathogenesis introducing the sex diversities in platelet function, immune reactions and how sex hormones affect immune functions, also the effect of androgens on transmembrane protein serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2) receptor in COVID-19 patients was investigated.Neda TaghizabetFatemeh Rezaei-TazangiHossein Roghani‐ShahrakiSociety of Diabetic Nephropathy Preventionarticlecovid-19gender differenceblood pressureimmune systemSpecialties of internal medicineRC581-951Infectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENJournal of Preventive Epidemiology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp e03-e03 (2022)
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topic covid-19
gender difference
blood pressure
immune system
Specialties of internal medicine
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Infectious and parasitic diseases
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spellingShingle covid-19
gender difference
blood pressure
immune system
Specialties of internal medicine
RC581-951
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Neda Taghizabet
Fatemeh Rezaei-Tazangi
Hossein Roghani‐Shahraki
A review of the reasons for high prevalence and rapid progression of COVID-19 in men
description Previous studies have demonstrated a relationship between gender and COVID-19 outcomes. In addition, this is confirmed that men have more danger of progressing an acute type of the illness than women, specifies the significance of miscellaneous data related to male and female patients with COVID-19. In other words, some factors like hormonal levels and immune function may interact with each other. A perception of the fundamental reasons for gender diversities in COVID-19 patients can beget a chance for disease prevention and faster treatment. The present study evaluates the role of gender in the incidence and progression of the COVID-19 disease. It has been explained that how gender affects angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which is a basic factor for the COVID-19 pathogenesis introducing the sex diversities in platelet function, immune reactions and how sex hormones affect immune functions, also the effect of androgens on transmembrane protein serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2) receptor in COVID-19 patients was investigated.
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author Neda Taghizabet
Fatemeh Rezaei-Tazangi
Hossein Roghani‐Shahraki
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title A review of the reasons for high prevalence and rapid progression of COVID-19 in men
title_short A review of the reasons for high prevalence and rapid progression of COVID-19 in men
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