Jakarta, TheIndonesiaPost – The results showed that ACE2 enzyme levels in the lungs of men were higher than women making men more prone to die from the corona. This enzyme helps the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, to last longer in men’s lungs.
The study involved 3.5 thousand people and was published in the European Heart Journal. This study has been through a peer-review process.
This study reinforces previous studies conducted in six countries. In the study mentioned men more susceptible to infection and died from the coronavirus.
It is said that men have a 50 percent higher chance of dying from Covid-19 than women.
Data shows the risk of male death due to Covid-19 is higher than women first recorded in China. Where mortality shows that 2.8 percent of men infected with the virus have died, compared with 1.7 percent for women.
In Italy and Korea also show the same data. Women in Italy die at a 4.1 percent mortality rate compared to 7.2 percent for men. In South Korea, around 54 percent of reported deaths are among men.
The study found higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in male subjects compared to women. This sample involved 3.5 thousand parents and had heart failure.
However, none of the study subjects were infected with SARS-CoV-2. But the researchers involved saw a possible correlation between ACE2 as the virus’ nest.
ACE2 which is found in several organs including the lungs, binds to SARS-CoV-2. This bond allows SARS-CoV-2 to more easily infect healthy cells.
The cardiology professor at the University of Groningen Medical Center in the Netherlands, who led the study, Adiran Vooris, said the high ACE2 content in the lungs played an important role in Covid-19 infection.
“High levels of ACE2 in the lungs are considered to have an important role in the development of lung disorders associated with Covid-19,” Vooris said, as quoted by CNNIndonesia from Business Insider.
The study also revealed higher ACE-2 content than women. Therefore, Vooris is aware that this fact has the potential to explain why men are more at risk of dying from Covid-19 than women. (jekki/bbs)
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