The present study also shows a considerable gender difference in drinking behavior.
When all landless peasants demonstrate low scores in the QOL, males obtain higher scores than females, indicating a considerable gender difference in each QOL domain.
Overall, there was a considerable gender difference in that girls were more prone to develop PTSD-like state or sub-clinical PTSD-like state than boys after most event types, including: death in the family, threats of violence, physical assault, witnessing injury, sexual abuse, rape, and abortion.
In our study there was a considerable gender difference; 15% of the men compared to 60% of the women in the study group had a score of two (yes, very often) or three (yes, almost all the time) for the EPDS question: "Have you in the last seven days been so unhappy that you have been crying?" In the comparison group none of the men and only one woman scored in this range.
Parent-reported data for both age groups display considerable gender-differences with approximately twice as many boys as girls experiencing definite or severe difficulties or school-related impairment.
It is known that lipid concentrations in circulating blood show considerable gender-related differences.
This study demonstrates nicely the although all participants improved their QOL, considerable racial and gender differences exist and these differences may affect care requirements.
As hypothesised elsewhere, a considerable part of gender differences in cancer survival likely arises from inequalities in tumour biology, including host defence mechanisms, while the factors such as health behaviour, awareness of symptoms, timeliness of diagnosis and co-morbidity may also be important contributors to gender disparities [ 8].
Previous studies reported a large variation in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity ranging from 2.9 to 44.4 % across various countries [ 7– 14], with significant gender differences and considerable impact of familial socioeconomic background [ 15– 17] highlighting the importance of familial psychosocial environment [ 18].
The study of gender differences has been receiving a considerable amount of attention in different areas.
