McCallister Jennifer W, Mastronarde John G
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
J Asthma. 2008 Dec;45(10):853-61. doi: 10.1080/02770900802444187.
Asthma is a common chronic pulmonary disease whose prevalence varies greatly with the sex and age of the patient. Research has shown that men and women may experience this disease differently, although these sex-related differences have not routinely translated into differences in clinical care for patients with asthma. This review explores some of the major differences in asthma between men and women and some of the main hypotheses developed to explain them.
哮喘是一种常见的慢性肺部疾病，其患病率因患者的性别和年龄而有很大差异。研究表明，男性和女性患这种疾病的体验可能有所不同，尽管这些与性别相关的差异并未常规转化为哮喘患者临床护理的差异。这篇综述探讨了男性和女性哮喘的一些主要差异以及为解释这些差异而提出的一些主要假说。
