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Related: About this forumMen with COVID-19 three times more likely to need intensive care: study
Researchers analyzed over three million confirmed coronavirus cases from 46 countries and 44 states in the US between January 1 and June 1, 2020.
They found that the risk of SARS-Cov-2 infection was the same for women and men, as "exactly half" of the confirmed cases were male patients.
But men are almost three times more likely than women to be hospitalized in an intensive care unit and are 39 percent more likely to die from the virus, the study said.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-men-covid-intensive.html
This is a large scale study that confirmed the results of sporadic, small studies in late spring.
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Men with COVID-19 three times more likely to need intensive care: study (Original Post)
Warpy
Dec 2020
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Testosterone seems to be a factor. In France, Covid is referred to as "bald man's" disease.
Midnight Writer
Dec 2020
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Mystery sage
(580 posts)1. Damn that three times more likely for erectile dysfunction (ED)
Warpy
(113,131 posts)2. Neckbeards aren't going to wear masks
unless it makes that thing turn green and fall off.
Midnight Writer
(23,074 posts)3. Testosterone seems to be a factor. In France, Covid is referred to as "bald man's" disease.
Because about 80% of hospitalized patients are bald men.
Male pattern baldness is caused by high testosterone.