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. 2022 Dec 15;12(1):e220444. doi: 10.1530/EC-22-0444

Table 4.

Adjusted associations between concentrations of reproductive hormones and mortality within 90-day in men and women hospitalized with COVID-19.

Men Women
Odds ratio, adjusted* (95% CI) P-value Adjusted for IL-6 Odds ratio, adjusted* (95% CI) P-value Adjusted for IL-6
1st COVID-19 cohort
Testosterone (per two-fold reduction) 3.51 (1.77–6.94) <0.001 2.00 (0.97–4.13) 0.87 (0.38–1.99) 0.744 1.01 (0.37–2.76)
Estrone sulfate (per two-fold reduction) 0.50 (0.32–0.77) 0.002 0.69 (0.41–1.18) 1.44 (0.86–2.42) 0.165 0.84 (0.48–1.48)
LH (per two-fold reduction) 1.97 (1.14–3.43) 0.016 1.38 (0.80–2.38) 1.25 (0.90–1.73) 0.180 1.30 (0.88–1.92)
FSH(per two-fold reduction) 1.54 (0.95–2.50) 0.081 0.82 (0.45–1.49) 1.49 (0.96–2.32) 0.073 1.57 (0.95–2.60)
2nd COVID-19 cohort
Testosterone (per two-fold reduction) 1.34 (0.70–2.57) 0.377 1.19 (0.60–2.35) 0.68 (0.20–2.37) 0.545 0.72 (0.12–4.42)
Estrone sulfate (per two-fold reduction) 1.04 (0.61–1.78) 0.884 1.48 (0.77–2.86) 1.85 (0.77–4.45) 0.167 0.35 (0.10–1.27)

*Adjusted for age and presence or absence of comorbidity (hypertension, cancer, COPD, asthma, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease).

1st COVID-19 cohort, patients hospitalized with COVID-19 from March 16 to June 16, 2020; 2nd COVID-19 cohort, patients hospitalized with COVID-19 from July 25 2020 to February 3, 2021; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; IL-6, interleukin-6; LH, luteinizing hormone.