Men have high levels of enzyme key to COVID19 infection: study
LONDON - Men's blood has higher levels than women's of a key enzyme used by the new coronavirus to infect cells, the results of a big European study showed on Monday -- a finding which may help explain why men are more vulnerable to infection with COVID-19.
ACE inhibitors and ARBs are widely prescribed to patients with congestive heart failure, diabetes or kidney disease. The drugs account for billions of dollars in prescription sales worldwide. The study had started before the coronavirus pandemic, the researchers said, and so did not include patients with COVID-19.
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