Gender Differences in Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) in Tunisian Population

Selsabil Daboussi, Nouha Boubaker, Mounir Hagui, Chiraz Aichaouia, Mohsen Khadhraoui, Samira Mhamdi and Salem Bouomrani
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Selsabil Daboussi: Department of Pneumology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Mont Fleury- 1008, Tunisia; Tunis Faculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis 1007, Tunisia
Nouha Boubaker: Department of Pneumology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Mont Fleury- 1008, Tunisia; Tunis Faculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis 1007, Tunisia
Mounir Hagui: Tunis Faculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis 1007, Tunisia; Department of Emergency, Military Hospital of Tunis, Mont Fleury- 1008, Tunisia
Chiraz Aichaouia: Department of Pneumology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Mont Fleury- 1008, Tunisia; Tunis Faculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis 1007, Tunisia
Mohsen Khadhraoui: Department of Pneumology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Mont Fleury- 1008, Tunisia; Tunis Faculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis 1007, Tunisia
Samira Mhamdi: Department of Pneumology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Mont Fleury- 1008, Tunisia; Tunis Faculty of Medicine, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis 1007, Tunisia
Salem Bouomrani: Department of Internal medicine, Military Hospital of Gabes, Gabes 6000, Tunisia; Sfax Faculty of Medicine, University of Sfax, Sfax 3029, Tunisia

Journal of Innovations in Medical Research, 2022, vol. 1, issue 2, 42-46

Abstract: Introduction: The aim of our study was to determine if the gender influences the clinical presentation and/or the outcome of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Tunisian population. Methods: Prospective cross-sectional study including 143 patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection, admitted in the Pneumology Department of the Military Hospital of Tunis between September 2020 and January 2021, during the first infection-wave. Results: There were 99 men (69.2%) and 44 women (30.8%) with a mean age of 61.66 years: 61.66 years for men and 61.68 years for women, and a sex-ratio of 2.25. The clinical presentation of the infection was significantly more severe in men: Tachycardia>100 bpm (15.2% Vs 2.3%, p=0.034), neurological symptoms (5.1% Vs 4.5%, p=0.008) and oxygen desaturation

Keywords: COVID-19; gender; SARS-CoV2; severity; prognosis; Tunisia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.56397/JIMR/2022.09.06

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