Research Article

Sex Differences in the Relation between Comorbidities and Prognosis in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

Table 3

Death rate according to the type of comorbidities and sex in hospitalized patients with positive real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction test results for COVID-19.

 Total, n (%)Women, n (%)Men, n (%) value1

N (%)658 (15.1)289 (14.5)369 (15.6)—
DM155 (20.4)77 (18.8)78 (22.2)0.255
CHD150 (22.2)72 (21.1)78 (23.4)0.484
Hypertension123 (17.2)65 (16.6)58 (17.8)0.680
CRD72 (26.1)38 (27.1)34 (25.0)0.685
Cancer39 (33.6)17 (31.5)22 (35.5)0.649
CKD39 (24.8)15 (22.7)24 (26.4)0.602

CHD, coronary heart disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; CRD, chronic respiratory disease; CKD, chronic kidney disease. $About 5% of COVID-19 patients have been hospitalized by the time of study (men: 5.6%; women: 4.6%). value comparing death rate in men and women.