Fig. 4.
Changes in the sex differences in the prevalence of representative clinical disorders with age. Sex differences are reversed with age in the prevalence of hypertension (U.S., 2007–2012) [283, 284] (A) and asthma (worldwide, 2018) [227] (B), and further exaggerated with age in the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias (worldwide, 1990–2016) [289] (C).