What is known in male gender differences, comorbidity and age for COVID-19 pandemia? A narrative minireview
| Autor: | Gennaro Sansone, Mauro Giordano, Tiziana Ciarambino, Giovanni Menna, Ombretta Para |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ciarambino, T., Sansone, G., Menna, G., Para, O., Giordano, M. |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Aging
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Population Comorbidity Disease Diabete Elderly Pregnancy Diabetes mellitus Pandemic medicine education Children education.field_of_study business.industry COVID-19 medicine.disease Man difference Hypertension Special population Geriatrics and Gerontology business Male gender Kidney disease |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 68:216-223 |
| ISSN: | 2499-6564 |
| DOI: | 10.36150/2499-6564-265 |
| Popis: | Background. On March 2020, WHO declares the world pandemic by COVID-19. In this report we report the COVID-19 infection, related to male gender, comorbidity and special population. Data resources. We describe the published studies by PubMed, Medscape and Scopus between December 2019 to May 2020. Keywords used: male/man gender, sex differences, COVID-19, comorbidity, diabetes, hypertension, elderly, pregnancy, children. Results. The elderly population and infants are a population at higher risk. The comorbidities are risk factors for the development of a more severe form of disease. There may be a sex predisposition to COVID-19 infection, with men more prone to be affected. 83.9% of COVID-19 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and 57.3% of COVID-19 patients with liver diseases, have a severe disease. Conclusions. Older age, infants, male gender and comorbidity describe a crucial role for severity of COVID-19 disease. Future studies are need for the management of these patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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