I am looking for some papers about gender differences in hypoxia susceptibility. Huge part of studies involved rats and mice under hypoxia and this is not precisely what I am looking for.
Casey DP, Shepherd JR, Joyner MJ. Sex and vasodilator responses to hypoxia at rest and during exercise. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2014;116(7):927-36. http://jap.physiology.org/content/jap/116/7/927.full.pdf
Wadhwa H, Gradinaru C, Gates GJ, Badr MS, Mateika JH. Impact of intermittent hypoxia on long-term facilitation of minute ventilation and heart rate variability in men and women: do sex differences exist? J Appl Physiol (1985). 2008;104(6):1625-33. http://jap.physiology.org/content/jap/104/6/1625.full.pdf
Sandoval DA, Matt KS. Gender differences in the endocrine and metabolic responses to hypoxic exercise. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2002;92(2):504-12. http://jap.physiology.org/content/jap/92/2/504.full.pdf
Jordan AS, Catcheside PG, Orr RS, O'Donoghue FJ, Saunders NA, McEvoy RD. Ventilatory decline after hypoxia and hypercapnia is not different between healthy young men and women. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2000;88(1):3-9. http://jap.physiology.org/content/jap/88/1/3.full.pdf
Bhaumik G, Sharma RP, Dass D, Lama H, Chauhan SK, Verma SS, Selvamurthy W, Banerjee PK. Hypoxic ventilatory response changes of men and women 6 to 7 days after climbing from 2100 m to 4350 m altitude and after descent. High Alt Med Biol. 2003;4(3):341-8. http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/152702903769192296
Paterson DJ, Pinnington H, Pearce AR, Morton AR. Maximal exercise cardiorespiratory responses of men and women during acute exposure to hypoxia. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1987;58(3):243-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3579807
Good suggestions from Martin! Perhaps this early study can be of help too:
Shephard RJ, Vandewalle H, Bouhlel E, and Monod H. Sex differences of physical working capacity in normoxia and hypoxia. Ergonomics. 1988;31(8):1177-92. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3191901
SMITH K. MEN AND WOMEN IN HYPOXIA: THE INFLUENCE OF TISSUE OXYGENATION ON REPEATED-SPRINT ABILITY. University of Lethbridge. ALBERTA, CANADA; 2010. https://www.uleth.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10133/2548/smith,%20kurt.pdf?sequence=1