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A male (♂) organism is the physiological [[sex]] that produces sperm. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male cannot reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Most male mammals, including male humans, have a Y chromosome, which codes for the production of larger amounts of testosterone to develop male reproductive organs.
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Kamal et al. conducted a [[meta-analysis]] to address the outcomes in cancer [[patient]]s after oncologic surgery during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The primary endpoint was the COVID-19-related [[mortality rate]]. Higher [[body mass index]] was significantly and negatively associated with higher all-cause mortality and in-hospital COVID-19 [[infection]] rates. [[Male]] sex, preoperative respiratory disease, and [[smoking]] history were positively and significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality rates. Furthermore, male sex was positively and significantly associated with the COVID-19 infection rate
((Kamal M, Baudo M, Shmushkevich S, Geng Y, Hanna E, Goepfert RP, Lewis CM, Rahouma M. COVID-19 infection and its consequences among surgical oncology patients: A systematic analysis, meta-analysis and meta-regression. J Surg Oncol. 2022 Jan 11. doi: 10.1002/jso.26787. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35014703.)).