Sex/Gender Differences in Respiratory Diseases
摘要
Sex/gender-specific differences in the respiratory system begin with intrauterine lung development and continue throughout childhood and adulthood. Sex/gender affects the incidence, treatment, and prognosis of various respiratory diseases, but there are not many studies focusing on sex differences in respiratory physiology and pulmonary disease. In this chapter, we discuss sex/gender differences in respiratory diseases, with a focus on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, and pulmonary arterial hypertension.