The risk of men dying of COVID-19 is double that of women, according to a study on patients in China.

The authors of the paper published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health looked at three sets of data for their study. The first was on 43 patients with COVID-19 whom they treated at Wuhan Union Hospital between January 29 and February 15. The second included figures on the first 37 people to die of the disease in China and 1,019 who survived, released by the Chinese Public Health Science Data Center.

Mirroring previous studies, the team found older people, men, and those with underlying conditions were found to be vulnerable to serious COVID-19.

On average, the participants treated had an average age of 62, with most being between 51 and 70. Fever and cough were the most common symptoms, at 95 and 65 percent, respectively, while 16 percent had diarrhea. Of the total, 37 percent had at least one underlying condition, such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and or chronic lung disease.

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