Throughout the course of history, sex as a biological variable has interacted with
social and cultural practices related to gender over the life course of people. These
age-dependent interactions and calendar-time-dependent interactions contribute to
health and disease, especially in the later part of life, during aging [
[1]
]. These interactions may be particularly complex and remain partly unknown for transgender
persons who undergo gender-affirming treatment [
[2]
,
[3]
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Published online: November 08, 2019
Received:
October 25,
2019
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