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Coronavirus: Why Men are More Vulnerable to Covid-19 Than Women?
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Amid of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, much emphasis was initially placed on the elderly or those who have preexisting health conditions such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes as being at high risk of contracting and/or dying of Covid-19. But it is now becoming clear that being male is also a factor. The epidemiological findings reported across different parts of the world indicated higher morbidity and mortality in males than females. While it is still too early to determine why the gender gap is emerging, this article point to several possible factors such as higher expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE 2; receptors for coronavirus) in male than female, sex-based immunological differences driven by sex hormone and X chromosome. Furthermore, a large part of this difference in number of deaths is caused by gender behavior (lifestyle), i.e., higher levels of smoking and drinking among men compared to women. Lastly, studies reported that women had more responsible attitude toward the Covid-19 pandemic than men. Irresponsible attitude among men reversibly affect their undertaking of preventive measures such as frequent handwashing, wearing of face mask, and stay at home orders.
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- Authors
- Bwire, G. M.
- Venue
- SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine
- Published
- 2020-06-04
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 874-876
- ISSN
- 2523-8973 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3033975073
- Cited by
- 573
- References
- 24
- FWCI
- 13.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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