Effect of gender on the reliability of COVID-19 rapid antigen test among elderly

作     者：Wassan Nori Wisam Akram 

作者机构：Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyMustansiriyah UniversityBaghdad 10052Iraq Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyCollege of MedicineMustansiriyah UniversityBaghdad 10052Iraq 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)

年 卷 期：2022年第10卷第29期

页      面：10820-10822页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Mustansiriyah 

主　　题：COVID-19 Rapid antigen test Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction Age Gender Postmenopausal women 

摘      要：Defining con-founders that affect the reliability of diagnostic tests for coronavirus disease 2019 is vital to breaking the chain of *** elderly population is a higher risk group for the emerging ***,gender seems to exert a critical role in modifying the infection risk among women owing to hormonal *** menopause transition is an exceptional period for older women where the protective and immunomodulatory effects of the estrogen hormone are ***,attention should be given to postmenopausal women since they will have an increased risk compared to their pre-menopausal peers.