Table 4. Sex-specific associations of genetically testosterone and estradiol levels with COVID-19 risk.
Exposure | Method | Susceptibility | Hospitalization | Severity | |||||||||
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Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||||||
OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | ||
Testosterone | IVW | 0.96 (0.90, 1.05) | 0.463 | 1.06 (0.97, 1.15) | 0.214 | 0.96 (0.83, 1.10) | 0.547 | 1.03 (0.87, 1.22) | 0.731 | 1.07 (0.89, 1.27) | 0.479 | 0.88 (0.69, 1.11) | 0.269 |
MR-Egger | 0.97 (0.86, 1.09) | 0.644 | 1.04 (0.85, 1.26) | 0.713 | 0.88 (0.71, 1.10) | 0.270 | 1.13 (0.76, 1.69) | 0.549 | 0.81 (0.62, 1.08) | 0.152 | 0.68 (0.39, 1.18) | 0.169 | |
Weighted median | 0.93 (0.83, 1.04) | 0.184 | 1.06 (0.94, 1.19) | 0.370 | 0.89 (0.72, 1.10) | 0.277 | 1.08 (0.84, 1.39) | 0.523 | 0.89 (0.67, 1.19) | 0.438 | 0.81 (0.57, 1.14) | 0.227 | |
p for intercept | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 0.998 | 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) | 0.854 | 1.00 (1.00, 1.01) | 0.348 | 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) | 0.615 | 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) | 0.017 | 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) | 0.314 | |
MR-PRESSO | 0.97 (0.90, 1.05) | 0.464 | 1.06 (0.97, 1.15) | 0.216 | 0.96 (0.83, 1.10) | 0.549 | 1.03 (0.87, 1.22) | 0.732 | 1.07 (0.89, 1.27) | 0.478 | 0.88 (0.69, 1.11) | 0.270 | |
Estradiol | IVW | 0.99 (0.89, 1.11) | 0.923 | 0.95 (0.71, 1.26) | 0.724 | 0.98 (0.81, 1.18) | 0.826 | 1.04 (0.63, 1.73) | 0.873 | 0.90 (0.71, 1.15) | 0.403 | 1.39 (0.74, 7.15) | 0.310 |
MR-Egger | 1.00 (0.73, 1.36) | 0.993 | 0.89 (0.59, 1.34) | 0.598 | 0.93 (0.52, 1.67) | 0.812 | 1.15 (0.56, 2.34) | 0.719 | 0.61 (0.29, 6.15) | 0.233 | 1.76 (0.74, 3.15) | 0.234 | |
Weighted median | 1.05 (0.92, 1.20) | 0.432 | 0.95 (0.68, 1.32) | 0.745 | 0.93 (0.74, 1.16) | 0.508 | 1.32 (0.67, 2.57) | 0.422 | 0.88 (0.65, 1.15) | 0.411 | 1.96 (0.81, 5.15) | 0.135 | |
p for intercept | 1.00 (0.96, 1.04) | 0.980 | 1.00 (0.99, 1.02) | 0.669 | 1.01 (0.94, 1.08) | 0.856 | 0.99 (0.96, 1.02) | 0.707 | 1.05 (0.96, 0.15) | 0.312 | 0.99 (0.95, 0.15) | 0.441 | |
MR-PRESSO | 0.99 (0.89, 1.11) | 0.925 | 0.95 (0.71, 1.26) | 0.732 | 0.98 (0.81, 1.18) | 0.831 | 1.04 (0.63, 1.73) | 0.877 | 0.90 (0.71, 1.15) | 0.425 | 1.39 (0.74, 2.63) | 0.335 |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; IVW, inverse variance weighting.