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Medicine (Baltimore) . Sex-related differences in mortality, acute kidney injury, and respiratory failure among critically ill patients with COVID-1

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Medicine (Baltimore)


. 2021 Dec 17;100(50):e28302.
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000028302.
Sex-related differences in mortality, acute kidney injury, and respiratory failure among critically ill patients with COVID-19


Stephanie M Toth-Manikowski[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jillian Caldwell[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Min Joo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jinsong Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Natalie Meza[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jacob Bruinius[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shruti Gupta[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mary Hannan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mustafa Kagalwalla[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Samantha Madrid[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michal L Melamed[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Esther Pacheco[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Anand Srivastava[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Christopher Viamontes[SUP] 1 [/SUP], James P Lash[SUP] 1 [/SUP], David E Leaf[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ana C Ricardo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], STOP-COVID Investigators



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Abstract

Although the number of deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is higher in men than women, prior studies have provided limited sex-stratified clinical data.We evaluated sex-related differences in clinical outcomes among critically ill adults with COVID-19.Multicenter cohort study of adults with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units at 67 U.S. hospitals from March 4 to May 9, 2020. Multilevel logistic regression was used to evaluate 28-day in-hospital mortality, severe acute kidney injury (AKI requiring kidney replacement therapy), and respiratory failure occurring within 14 days of intensive care unit admission.A total of 4407 patients were included (median age, 62 years; 2793 [63.4%] men; 1159 [26.3%] non-Hispanic White; 1220 [27.7%] non-Hispanic Black; 994 [22.6%] Hispanic). Compared with women, men were younger (median age, 61 vs 64 years, less likely to be non-Hispanic Black (684 [24.5%] vs 536 [33.2%]), and more likely to smoke (877 [31.4%] vs 422 [26.2%]). During median follow-up of 14 days, 1072 men (38.4%) and 553 women (34.3%) died. Severe AKI occurred in 590 men (21.8%), and 239 women (15.5%), while respiratory failure occurred in 2255 men (80.7%) and 1234 women (76.5%). After adjusting for age, race/ethnicity and clinical variables, compared with women, men had a higher risk of death (OR, 1.50, 95% CI, 1.26-1.77), severe AKI (OR, 1.92; 95% CI 1.57-2.36), and respiratory failure (OR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.11-1.80).In this multicenter cohort of critically ill adults with COVID-19, men were more likely to have adverse outcomes compared with women.
 
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