This could lead to the impression that female sex predisposes a person for developing FOF, and the exclusion of men in studies supports the belief that men are not concerned about falling.
Studies show mixed results regarding whether sex predisposes people to clinical HEV infection (i.e., higher risk for males [ 86] or higher risk for females [ 119, 120] or no significant difference [ 34, 79, 94, 100, 123]. The CFR from outbreak investigations or sporadic cases were reported by 8 African countries (10 studies).
Transactional sex often occurs with older partners [ 20, 40] and the power imbalance in such exchange reduces adolescent ability to negotiate safe sex, thus predisposing them to unprotected sex [ 41- 44].
High testosterone levels may also play a role, by increasing men's motivation to have sex while predisposing them to hypertension.
The following variables were extracted from the records: sex, age, predisposing factors, symptoms, chest imaging results, treatment and outcome, and drug susceptibility and status according to the ATS diagnostic criteria (5 ).
For candidemia, neither the seroprevalence nor the titers of the identified antibodies were significantly associated with age, sex, and predisposing factors for IC, causative Candida species, or clinical outcomes (Table 1).
24, 114 Some studies have reported female sex to predispose to diabetic retinopathy (DRP); 115, 116 one also reported an association with cytokine levels.
Alcohol intake may be one of the many health related risks such women undertake, including concurrent multiple sexual partnership and high rate of unprotected sex that predispose to acquisition of Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including syphilis.
A standardized case report form was designed to collect the clinical characteristics of the patients, including age, sex, clinical manifestations, predisposing heart conditions, underlying diseases, Charlson comorbidity index [ 25], risk behaviors, causative microorganisms and outcome.
