Testosterone and Covid‐19: an update

A Yassin, R Shabsigh, RM Al‐Zoubi… - Reviews in Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is overwhelming evidence to suggest that male gender is at a higher risk of
developing more severe Covid‐19 disease and thus having poorer clinical outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Recovery of serum testosterone levels is an accurate predictor of survival from COVID-19 in male patients

E Toscano-Guerra, M Martínez-Gallo, I Arrese-Muñoz… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background SARS-CoV-2 infection portends a broad range of outcomes, from a majority of
asymptomatic cases to a lethal disease. Robust correlates of severe COVID-19 include old …

Testosterone's Role in COVID-19

JM Auerbach, M Khera - The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2021 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT COVID-19 consistently displays a higher mortality in males. This sex-specific
difference in outcomes is seen not only in the current COVID-19 pandemic, but also in prior …

Role of testosterone in COVID-19 patients–A double-edged sword?

AN Hussain, F Hussain, SK Hashmi - Medical hypotheses, 2020 - Elsevier
COVID-19 affects males twice as frequently as females with significantly increased severity
and mortality. Current data suggest a direct correlation between the lower level of serum …

[HTML][HTML] Testosterone in COVID-19: Friend or foe?

PJ Niemann, HV Goldstein - Endocrine, 2021 - Springer
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as an ongoing disruptive pandemic poses significant
challenges for the clinician. The pathogen responsible for COVID-19 is severe acute …

[HTML][HTML] Role of testosterone in SARS-CoV-2 infection: A key pathogenic factor and a biomarker for severe pneumonia

M Camici, P Zuppi, P Lorenzini, L Scarnecchia… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the association between sex hormones and the severity of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Furthermore, associations between sex hormones …

Worse progression of COVID‐19 in men: is testosterone a key factor?

VA Giagulli, E Guastamacchia, T Magrone, E Jirillo… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2)
disease 2019 (COVID‐19) seems to have a worse clinical course among infected men …

Men, testosterone and Covid‐19

K Groti Antonic, B Antonic, M Caliber… - Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Men have more severe Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid‐19) outcomes and higher
mortality rates than women, and it was suggested that testosterone levels might promote …

Serum level of testosterone predicts disease severity of male COVID-19 patients and is related to T-cell immune modulation by transcriptome analysis

S Zheng, Q Zou, D Zhang, F Yu, J Bao, B Lou, G Xie… - Clinica chimica acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Severe disease of COVID-19 and mortality occur more frequently in male
patients than that in female patients may be related to testosterone level. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Testosterone in COVID-19: an adversary bane or comrade boon

HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb, H Faidah… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 is a pandemic disease caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2), which leads to pulmonary manifestations like acute lung injury (ALI) and acute …