Sex-specific causal effects of serum sex hormones on COVID-19 susceptibility and severity: evidence from the UK Biobank and COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative
Jian Zhao1,2,3, PhD; Dong Liu1, MPH; Rui Hu4, MD; Xue Gao5, PhD; Fei Li1,2,6, MD
1. Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children’s Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
2. Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
3. MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
4. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
5. Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
6. Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatric & Child Primary Care, Brain and Behavioral Research Unit of Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Dr Jian Zhao, Mr Dong Liu and Dr Rui Hu contributed equally to this work.
Corresponding authors:
Jian Zhao (jzhao.epi@gmail.com)
Fei Li (feili@shsmu.edu.cn)
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