Impact of sex and gender on post-COVID-19 syndrome, Switzerland, 2020

BackgroundWomen are overrepresented among individuals with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). Biological (sex) as well as sociocultural (gender) differences between women and men might account for this imbalance, yet their impact on PASC is unknown.AimWe assessed the impact of sex a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2024-01, Vol.29 (2), p.1
Hauptverfasser:	Gebhard, Caroline E, Sütsch, Claudia, Gebert, Pimrapat, Gysi, Bianca, Bengs, Susan, Todorov, Atanas, Deforth, Manja, Buehler, Philipp K, Meisel, Alexander, Schuepbach, Reto A, Zinkernagel, Annelies S, Brugger, Silvio D, Acevedo, Claudio, Patriki, Dimitri, Wiggli, Benedikt, Beer, Jürg H, Friedl, Andrée, Twerenbold, Raphael, Kuster, Gabriela M, Pargger, Hans, Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah, Schefold, Joerg C, Spinetti, Thibaud, Henze, Chiara, Pasqualini, Mina, Sager, Dominik F, Mayrhofer, Lilian, Grieder, Mirjam, Tontsch, Janna, Franzeck, Fabian C, Wendel Garcia, Pedro D, Hofmaenner, Daniel A, Scheier, Thomas, Bartussek, Jan, Haider, Ahmed, Grämer, Muriel, Mikail, Nidaa, Rossi, Alexia, Zellweger, Núria, Opić, Petra, Portmann, Angela, von Känel, Roland, Pazhenkottil, Aju P, Messerli, Michael, Buechel, Ronny R, Kaufmann, Philipp A, Treyer, Valerie, Siegemund, Martin, Held, Ulrike, Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera, Gebhard, Catherine
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antibodies Cohort analysis Gender differences Patient admissions Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Sociocultural factors
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Zusammenfassung:	BackgroundWomen are overrepresented among individuals with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). Biological (sex) as well as sociocultural (gender) differences between women and men might account for this imbalance, yet their impact on PASC is unknown.AimWe assessed the impact of sex and gender on PASC in a Swiss population.MethodOur multicentre prospective cohort study included 2,856 (46% women, mean age 44.2 ± 16.8 years) outpatients and hospitalised patients with PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.ResultsAmong those who remained outpatients during their first infection, women reported persisting symptoms more often than men (40.5% vs 25.5% of men; p
ISSN:	1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917
DOI:	10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.2.2300200