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Protein may explain why men with heart disease have higher coronavirus risk than women
Researchers believe their results may help explain why men with heart failure are more likely to die after contracting Covid-19 than women
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...er-coronavirus/
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Men with heart failure appear to have higher concentrations of a protein in their blood that enables coronavirus to infect healthy cells, scientists have said.
Researchers looked at patients in their 60s and 70s from 11 European countries and measured the concentrations of the protein, known as ACE2, in their plasma, which is the liquid part of blood. They believe their results may help to explain why men with heart failure are more likely to die after contracting Covid-19 than women.
Dr Iziah Sama, from University Medical Centre Groningen in the Netherlands, and first author of the study, said: "When we found that one of the strongest biomarkers, ACE2, was much higher in men than in women, I realised that this had the potential to explain why men were more likely to die from Covid-19 than women."
The researchers also found that levels of ACE2 in the blood were not affected by the drugs commonly used to treat blood pressure.
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