Table 2.
Association of male sex and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) complications across age groups.
| Age group | Patient counts, n (%) | ORa (95% CI) | P valueb | |||
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Complicated | Noncomplicated | Complicated | Noncomplicated |
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| 18-50 years | 18 (1) | 1300 (99) | 3 (0.3) | 1033 (99.7) | 4.77 (1.39-25.32) | .01 |
| 50-60 years | 25 (7) | 314 (93) | 4 (1) | 266 (99) | 5.28 (1.79-21.15) | .003 |
| 60-70 years | 29 (13) | 202 (87) | 6 (4) | 139 (96) | 3.32 (1.31-10.03) | .01 |
| 70-80 years | 27 (20) | 108 (80) | 15 (15) | 82 (85) | 1.36 (0.65-2.95) | .47 |
| ≥80 years | 24 (43) | 32 (57) | 22 (28) | 57 (72) | 1.93 (0.89-4.26) | .15 |
aOR: odds ratio. ORs greater than 1 suggest an increased risk for COVID-19 complications in males.
bP values adjusted for multiple testing using Benjamini and Hochberg’s method [19].