Gender and Age Differences in COVID-19 in Iraqi Patient Detected By Real-Time PCR

Abstract

Since the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic started, it became clear that the impact of the infection incidence and fatality rate were nearly related to the population structure. The outbreak of COVID-19 have severe impacts on the population, lead to different affection in women and men. epidemic in Iraq as elsewhere penetrate rapidly across the country, identifying vulnerable groups and gender analysis and also understanding the communities help to make an effective decisions. Our study Aimed to found the differences of gender and age in Iraqi people from the coronavirus disease 2019. 21545 cases were extracted from Razi Medical center in Baghdad from October 12, 2020 to March 3, 2021, 488 where positive result was according the performance of real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) assays used to targe different gene of SARS-CoV-2 based on kit manuscript. For each group, we calculated cumulative positive rates stratified age and gender for corresponding risks for men vs. women. the positive 358 patients (73.4 %) were men and 130 patients (26.6%) were women. The major part of cases was in the age group of 40-60 years of old and the male to female ratio was 2.75:1. The findings of the study represented higher positive cases rate in men than women. so Male gender and older age notably associated with the risk of positive COVID-19 patients. paying special attention to male elderly patient one of the most important strategies against spreading COVID-19.