Open AccessGender based Differences in COVID-19 patients
Author(s) -
Sami Ullah Mumtaz,
Somia Iqtadar,
Sajid Abaidullah,
Khalid Masood Gondal,
Amber Hassan,
Asad Aslam Khan,
Fridoon Jawad Ahmad,
Javed Akram
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan biomedical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-2798
pISSN - 2709-278X
DOI - 10.52229/pbmj.v3i2.14
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , asthma , disease , diabetes mellitus , informed consent , male gender , family medicine , demography , alternative medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , sociology , outbreak , endocrinology
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