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Differences of AD, Alzheimer's between Sexes

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We all know that Alzheimer's disease is relate to age of course, but what is that relationship and is there an explanation for it?

Is it also related to the sex of the patient? Are there differences in incidence, symptoms, or duration between the sexes?

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The relationship between Alzheimer's disease and age is determined. How it also related to sex is given. The differences in incidence, symptoms or duration between the sexes are given.

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It is generally recognized that the prevalence of AD is higher in women. One main reason is that women have a longer life span than men so because men die earlier, they have less prevalence of Alzheimer's. This mortality difference cannot be ignored in the data.

Men with Alzheimer's disease tend to develop more aggression - physical, verbal, and sexual - ...

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