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J Appl Physiol 91: 2374-2383, 2001;
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Vol. 91, Issue 5, 2374-2383, November 2001

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS
Genome and Hormones: Gender Differences in Physiology
Invited Review: Gender issues related to spaceflight: a NASA perspective

Deborah L. Harm1, Richard T. Jennings2, Janice V. Meck1, Michael R. Powell1, Lakshmi Putcha1, Clarence P. Sams1, Suzanne M. Schneider1, Linda C. Shackelford1, Scott M. Smith1, and Peggy A. Whitson3

1 Human Adaptation and Countermeasures Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston 77058; 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555; and 3 Astronaut Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058

This minireview provides an overview of known and potential gender differences in physiological responses to spaceflight. The paper covers cardiovascular and exercise physiology, barophysiology and decompression sickness, renal stone risk, immunology, neurovestibular and sensorimotor function, nutrition, pharmacotherapeutics, and reproduction. Potential health and functional impacts associated with the various physiological changes during spaceflight are discussed, and areas needing additional research are highlighted. Historically, studies of physiological responses to microgravity have not been aimed at examining gender-specific differences in the astronaut population. Insufficient data exist in most of the discipline areas at this time to draw valid conclusions about gender-specific differences in astronauts, in part due to the small ratio of women to men. The only astronaut health issue for which a large enough data set exists to allow valid conclusions to be drawn about gender differences is orthostatic intolerance following shuttle missions, in which women have a significantly higher incidence of presyncope during stand tests than do men. The most common observation across disciplines is that individual differences in physiological responses within genders are usually as large as, or larger than, differences between genders. Individual characteristics usually outweigh gender differences per se.

physiological responses; health issues


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