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Repisalud author Girón, Rosa Ma author de Gracia Roldán, Javier author Olveira, Casilda author Vendrell, Montserrat author Martínez-García, Miguel Ángel author de la Rosa, David author Máiz, Luis author Ancochea, Julio author Vázquez, Liliana author Borderías, Luis author Polverino, Eva author Martínez-Moragón, Eva author Rajas, Olga author Soriano, Joan B 2024-01-23T20:12:41Z 2024-01-23T20:12:41Z 2017-04-10 10.1177/1479972317702139 1479-9731 Chronic respiratory disease http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11074 28393532 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/17304 Diagnostic delay is common in most respiratory diseases, particularly in bronchiectasis. However, sex bias in diagnostic delay has not been studied to date. Assessment of diagnostic delay in bronchiectasis by sex. The Spanish Historical Registry of Bronchiectasis recruited adults diagnosed with bronchiectasis from 2002 to 2011 in 36 centres in Spain. From a total of 2113 patients registered we studied 2099, of whom 1125 (53.6%) were women. No differences were found for sex or age (61.0 ± 20.6, p = 0.88) or for localization of bronchiectasis ( p = 0.31). Bronchiectasis of unknown aetiology and secondary to asthma, childhood infections and tuberculosis was more common in women (all ps We recorded a substantial delay in the diagnosis of bronchiectasis. This delay was significantly longer in women than in men (>2 years). Independent factors associated with this sex bias were age at onset of symptoms, smoking history, daily expectoration and reduced lung function. eng Bronchiectasis diagnostic delay gender bias gender gap sex bias Sex bias in diagnostic delay in bronchiectasis: An analysis of the Spanish Historical Registry of Bronchiectasis. research article