Is excess male infant mortality from sudden infant death syndrome and other respiratory diseases X-linked?

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AIM: Male excess infant mortality is well known but unexplained. In 2004, we reported sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other infant respiratory deaths showed a ~50% male excess in the United States between 1979 and 2002. This study analyses expanded US data from 1968 to 2010 to see whether infant respiratory deaths still show similar ~50% male excess and may be X-linked. METHODS: The analysis compared...

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