COVID-19 may deplete testosterone, helping to explain male patients’ poorer prognosis

COVID-19 may deplete testosterone, helping to explain male patients’ poorer prognosis

For the first time, data from a study with patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 suggest that the disease might deteriorate men’s testosterone levels.
Publishing their results in the peer-reviewed journal The Aging Male, experts from the University of Mersin and the Mersin City Education And Research Hospital in Turkey found as men’s testosterone level at baseline decreases, the probability for them to be in the intensive care unit (ICU) significantly increases.

 

COVID-19 may deplete testosterone, helping to explain male patients’ poorer prognosis