Yes, sex is a predictive factor, when it comes to experiencing long COVID. There are hypotheses on that. There is some evidence to suggest what might be a predisposing factor, placing someone at a higher risk of establishing long COVID. One of those is an autoimmune condition. Women have a higher rate of autoimmunity, so there is that linkage there.
I see Dr. Falcone nodding her head.
The other hypothesis is that women tend to be in employment situations that placed them at higher risk, so personal care workers, education workers, other health care workers who didn't have the ability to take the time off, as Ms. Goulding mentioned, to have purposeful rest and recover during the acute phase of COVID, and didn't have the opportunity for sick leave or benefits, for example. There is that hypothesis as well.