Gender differences in asthma development and progression
DS Postma - Gender medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
Background: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease that has a higher prevalence
in boys than in girls before puberty and a higher prevalence in women than in men in
adulthood. Because of the complexity of the disease, no single straightforward mechanism
can explain the gender differences found in asthma. Objective: This article reviews the
effects of sex on the development and outcome of atopy and asthma. Methods: English-
language articles were identified by a PubMed database search from 1980 to 2007 using …
in boys than in girls before puberty and a higher prevalence in women than in men in
adulthood. Because of the complexity of the disease, no single straightforward mechanism
can explain the gender differences found in asthma. Objective: This article reviews the
effects of sex on the development and outcome of atopy and asthma. Methods: English-
language articles were identified by a PubMed database search from 1980 to 2007 using …