Sex differences in susceptibility, severity, and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019: Cross-sectional analysis from a diverse US metropolitan area

• Farhaan S. Vahidy ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fvahidy@houstonmethodist.org

  Affiliations Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States of America, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3464-2111

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• Alan P. Pan,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8782-8024

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• Hilda Ahnstedt,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth, Houston, TX, United States of America

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• Yashasvee Munshi,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth, Houston, TX, United States of America

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• Huimahn A. Choi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth, Houston, TX, United States of America

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• Yordanos Tiruneh,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, TX, United States of America

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• Khurram Nasir,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States of America, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States of America

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• Bita A. Kash,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States of America, Texas A&M, School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX, United States of America, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Julia D. Andrieni ,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States of America, Department of Clinical Medicine, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, United States of America

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• Louise D. McCullough

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth, Houston, TX, United States of America

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