A University of Alberta-led study shows that when it comes to susceptibility to infections and other health conditions, sex matters. anemia — a condition in which a person lacks enough mature red blood cells to carry oxygen in the body — can be due to an iron deficiency or loss of blood, and can generate different immunological responses in males versus females. Knowing females are generally more predisposed than males to anemia due to monthly blood loss or pregnancy and childbirth. women have more immature red blood cells in their blood circulation after their menstrual cycle than before it. Males and females have different physiology and immune systems. Therefore, we need to be taking into account these differences between females and males from the very start of any research or clinical trial.
— source University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry | Oct 12, 2021