For a wide range of diseases, diagnosis comes later in life for women than for men, according to a large Danish study.
Researchers don’t know whether the later diagnoses are due to genetics, the environment, possible biases in the healthcare system - or some combination of reasons.
The study of health data from 6.9 million Danish people found that across hundreds of diseases, women on average were diagnosed when they were about four years older than the age at which the conditions were recognized in men.
“We’re not just looking at one disease here, we’re looking at . . .
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