Change in Covid-19 infection and mortality rates in postmenopausal women.
Menopause
; 28(5): 573-575, 2021 01 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1028141
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate whether the rates of COVID-19 infection and death in women versus men differ with age.METHODS:
From data provided by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, we calculated the respective proportions of women among COVID-infected versus noninfected populations and male versus female infection and death rates, stratifying the results into 10-year age groups.RESULTS:
The prevalence of COVID-19 infection was 3.6% higher in women than in the general population from 20 to 59 years of age, then decreased to -13.3% below that of the general population between 60 and 89 years of age. Death rates among infected women showed the opposite age-related trend. In infected women, the mortality rate was -77.4% lower than that of men aged 20 to 59 years. Between 60 and 89 years of age, the difference in women decreases to -34.5% below that of men.CONCLUSIONS:
Our results indicate opposing age-related trends among women in infection and death rates due to COVID-19. Further studies are needed to examine the contribution of the phases of the female reproductive cycle to the observed variations.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Menopause
Journal subject:
Gynecology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
GME.0000000000001731
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