Women's Long Covid Risk, Up to 50% Higher Than Men...42% of menopausal women
Jan 23, 2025
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A research team at Texas Health University in San Antonio published the findings in the journal JAMA Network Open.
The research team followed 12,276 people infected with COVID-19 for long-term sequelae 'Long Covid'.
As a result, it was found that women had a 31-44% higher risk of developing long Covid than men in all age groups except 18-39.
Women who are not pregnant have a 50% higher risk of long Covid than men, and in the 40-54 age group, menopausal women have a 42% higher risk of long Covid than men, and non-menopausal women have a 45% higher risk.
Regarding the results, the research team found that women had a significantly higher risk of developing long-term sequelae. This seems to be related to age, pregnancy, menopause, etc."
Prior to this, a study conducted in Canada found that men's mortality from COVID-19 infection was 1.1%p higher than that of women.
However, the research team found that the number of sample groups studied was small and direct data on sex hormone levels, hormone-related drug use, number of pregnancies, and pregnancy-related complications were lacking"There seems to be a need for large-scale research around the world," he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
