Table 4.
Adjusted associations between concentrations of reproductive hormones and mortality within 90-day in men and women hospitalized with COVID-19.
Men | Women | |||||
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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.