A possilbe Why females are more CFIDS prone than males...

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" , male hemoglobin--the red blood cell that carries oxygen to the body--men

have 20% more hemoglobin than do women and therefore, in men their level of

concentration is significantly higher than women "

http://abcjb.com/fm/media/cfs_radio_december_20th.htm

If you take the view that CFIDS initially is " sea-level " hypoxia (mountian

sickness) caused by a decrease ability of the blood system (due to thick

blood, low red blood cell count etc) than if CFIDS shows up at 85% of normal

levels for females.... it would require a male to drop to 85/120 = 70% to

show the same signs... instead of a 15% loss for remales, it becomes a 30%

loss for males to show the same symptoms...

If I recall my statistics correctly (bell curves et al), this would account

for the 4:1 ratio between females and males CFIDS suffers.

Ken Lassesen

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