The effect of age and gender on the severity of coronavirus infection

Section: Original Articles
Published
Jul 1, 2022
Pages
169-174

Abstract

Background: One of the most noticeable differences in infection patterns was the large disparity in death rates from the coronavirus between men and women , with the number of deaths among men twice the number of women in the United states and Europe , and it was most common among middle - aged people and older adults . Objective: To identify the effect of age and gender on the severity of coronavirus infection with the corona virus. Methods: A study was conducted on (260) patients infected with coronavirus (134) males and (126) females, their ages ranged between 15 to 75 years in a private laboratory in the City of Mosul, in order to find out the effect of age and gender on the severity of infection with corona virus by measuring their biomarker (C- Reactive protein, Ferritin and D - dimer). The samples were divided based on the values of biomarker into two cases, the mild case and the severe case. Results: The results showed that the age group (31-45) years is the most susceptible to infection compared to the rest of the age groups for both cases. The results also showed that the incidence of males in the mild case was higher than females and amounted to (51.42%), (48.57 %) respectively , and all values of vital indicators were recorded within the normal range , while in the severe case , it reached (51.65 %) for males , (48-32 % ) for females , and all values of vital indicators were higher than the normal range which increases age with for both sexes. Conclusions and Recommendations: We conclude from this study that males were more susceptible to infection with the Coronavirus and its complications than women, and that the severity of infection increased with age. Therefore, we recommend and emphasize the adult category to receive vaccinations, reduce contact and take all necessary health and preventive measures to avoid infection and transmission.

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