Pneumonia more likely to kill older men than women

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-04-30 15:13

Article here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON: Pneumonia is more likely to kill older men than women because of differing gender-based biological responses to the infection.

"Our study found that men with CAP (community-acquired pneumonia) were less likely to survive after an infection compared to women," said Sachin Yende, assistant professor in critical care medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSM) and study co-author.

Data were gathered from the multi-centre Genetic and Inflammatory Markers of Sepsis (GenIMS) study.'

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