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by dghughes 1002 days ago
> because it’s basically a white people disease

White and mostly male. My local university or more precisely certain students wanted to drop CF as a cause to support due to those factors. Pretty disgusting and it was quickly dismissed for what it was. The uni still supports and fund-raises for a CF cure.

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CF has a higher incidence in populations of northern European descent, but there is no gender gap there. There is only a so-far unexplained difference in life expectancy that reduces the life expectancy of females surviving to adulthood, which creates the impression that this it mostly affects males.