![]() Parity increases the risk of RLS later in life suggesting that pregnancy is a specific behavioral risk factor for developing RLS. RLS will generally become worse or might appear for the first time during pregnancy. ![]() The present review focuses on RLS in females from the perspectives of both epidemiology and pathophysiology. Since then numerous studies have reported that women are affected by RLS about twice as often as males for mild as well as moderate to severe RLS. He, however, reported this gender difference mainly for those with more severe symptoms. Restless legs syndrome ( RLS) as one cause of disturbed sleep was observed to be somewhat more common among women than men in Ekbom's 1945 seminal series of clinical cases with the disease. Disturbed sleep, in particular, is much more prevalent in females than males. ![]() Sleep is an essential human behavior that shows prominent gender differences. Manconi, Mauro Ulfberg, Jan Berger, Klaus Ghorayeb, Imad Wesström, Jan Fulda, Stephany Allen, Richard P Pollmächer, Thomas Report of the " RLS and woman" workshop endorsed by the European RLS Study Group. ![]() When gender matters: restless legs syndrome.
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