Gender based Differences in COVID-19 patients

Coronaviruses are a huge family of viruses that originate disease extending from the common cold tofurther fatal maladies. Objective: The study was conducted to determine the gender baseddifferences in COVID-19 patients. Methods: Study included total 150 participants visiting Departmentof Medicine, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. Data were collected through self-structured questionnaireusing non-probability convenient sampling. Prior written informed consents were taken from theparticipants. Ethical approval was taken from The University of Lahore, Lahore. Data were analyzedthrough SPSS version 25.0. Results: Results showed that among the comorbidities hypertension wasmost common in COVID-19 patients followed by diabetes mellitus, especially in females. Whereas renaldisorders and asthma were most reported in males. Analysis revealed that there was a significantassociation (p=0.001) between disease severity and gender. Conclusion: Study concluded that therewas significant association between gender and disease severity.Key words: COVID-19, gender based differences, comorbidities