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Asthma
Different mechanisms cause asthma in males and females at varying ages
July 21st, 2005
A study of a large cohort of 1,022 children born in New Zealand who were followed from birth to age 26 revealed that there are different mechanisms associated with the development of asthma at varying ages between males and females. Piush J. Mandhane, of both McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, and colleagues found that factors predicting asthma and wheeze differed between the sexes and between childhood and adolescence. Males were found to have had childhood wheeze more often and females were more likely to display adolescent-onset wheeze. The researchers pointed out that...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-21)
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