Although men and women have been infected in roughly equal numbers, researchers found, the death rate among men was 2.8%, compared with 1.7% among women. Some 32% of men infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome died, compared with 25.8% of women. Women also produce stronger immune responses after vaccinations, and have enhanced memory immune responses, which protect adults from pathogens they were exposed to as children. But just more than 2% of Chinese women smoke, compared with more than half of all men. Rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are almost twice as high among Chinese men as among women.

Source: Indian Express February 21, 2020 02:06 UTC