Why do autoimmune diseases affect more women than men?

Why do autoimmune diseases affect more women than men? I'm researching MS (multiple sclerosis) and this is mentioned often but never explained. A good medical source on the Web would be great, if you could paste one that explains this. Thanks!!

I don't have a link but I juuuust studied this stuff for an immunology exam. The theory is that testosterone has a mild immunosuppressant effect, which makes the immune system less likely to go overboard.

There is no known reason. Statistic simply point to it. I have an auto immune disease, Lupus. My father also did, he had Crohn's.

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