Sex differences and psychological stress: responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in China

S Yan, R Xu, TD Stratton, V Kavcic, D Luo, F Hou, F Bi… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background About 83,000 COVID-19 patients were confirmed in China up to May
2020. Amid the well-documented threats to physical health, the effects of this public health …

Estradiol, progesterone, immunomodulation, and COVID-19 outcomes

F Mauvais-Jarvis, SL Klein, ER Levin - Endocrinology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Severe outcomes and death from the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) appear to
be characterized by an exaggerated immune response with hypercytokinemia leading to …

Gender specific differences in disease susceptibility: the role of epigenetics

L Migliore, V Nicoli, A Stoccoro - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many complex traits or diseases, such as infectious and autoimmune diseases, cancer,
xenobiotics exposure, neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as the …

Are we equal in adversity? Does Covid-19 affect women and men differently?

S Rozenberg, J Vandromme, C Martin - Maturitas, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & objectives This article examines whether women are less prone than men to
Covid-19 infections and their complications. Data sources We reviewed available databases …

Sex, gender and COVID-19: a call to action

SB Ahmed, SM Dumanski - Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2020 - Springer
An understanding of the influence of sex (biological attributes) and gender (socially
constructed roles, behaviours, expressions, identities) factors on the risk of infection …

Sex difference in coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a systematic review and meta-analysis

BB Abate, AM Kassie, MW Kassaw, TG Aragie… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To assess the sex difference in the prevalence of COVID-19 confirmed cases.
Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Setting PubMed, Cochrane Library and …

Male pituitary–gonadal axis dysfunction in post‐acute COVID‐19 syndrome—Prevalence and associated factors: A Mediterranean case series

O Moreno‐Perez, E Merino, R Alfayate… - Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 through angiotensin‐converting
enzyme 2 receptor can harm testes function. The objectives were to analyse the prevalence …

The influence of sex and gender domains on COVID-19 cases and mortality

CP Tadiri, T Gisinger, A Kautzky-Willer, K Kublickiene… - Cmaj, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
• Both sex (a biological attribute) and gender (a complex social construct incorporating
identity, roles, relations and institutionalized gender) may influence infectious disease risk …

Sex differences in COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality

JMD Gomez, JM Du-Fay-de-Lavallaz… - Journal of Women's …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Background: To investigate sex differences in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
outcomes in a large Illinois-based cohort. Methods: A multicenter retrospective cohort study …

SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia affects male reproductive hormone levels: a prospective, cohort study

M Kadihasanoglu, S Aktas, E Yardimci… - The journal of sexual …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background SARS-CoV-2 which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) binds to
angiotensin-converting enyzme 2 (ACE2) and enters the host cell. ACE2 protein is …