Open AccessCOVID-19 and menstrual status: Is menopause an independent risk factor for SARS Cov-2?
Author(s) -
Neha Mishra,
Ritu Sharma,
Pinky Mishra,
Manpreet Singh,
Shikha Seth,
Trideep Jyoti Deori,
Piyush Jain
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/jmh.jmh_288_20
Subject(s) - medicine , menopause , risk factor , retrospective cohort study , estrogen , logistic regression , odds ratio , gynecology
COVID-19 has shown a definite association with gender, a predilection for males in terms of morbidity and mortality. The indirect evidence of the protective effect of estrogen has been shown by Channappanavar, in the animal model and Ding T. in a multihospital study from China, suggesting menopause as independent risk factor and estrogen is negatively correlated with severity.