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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021;1304:227–258. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-68748-9_14

Fig. 1. Sex differences in lung disease progression across lifespan.

Fig. 1.

There are sex differences in the prevalence of several lung diseases across the lifespan. In pink are lung diseases that are more prevalent in females than males (blue). (Abbreviations- BPD: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; RDS: Respiratory distress syndrome; RSV: Respiratory syncytial virus; CF: Cystic fibrosis; PAH: Pulmonary arterial hypertension; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LAM: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; EIB: Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction; IPF: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019)