The last decade has seen an emphasis on so-called gender medicine. Little by little, the medical community is discovering significant differences between men and women in many areas of medicine, which can have a profound impact on diagnosis and treatment of such conditions. In a recent finding published by the Lancet, additional risk factors for women and cardiovascular disease have been identified.

“Behavioural risk factors such as consumption of a diet and household air pollution were more strongly associated with cardiovascular disease in women than men. The difference in associations between women and men for risk factors and myocardial infarction followed a pattern similar to the results for the composite outcome of major cardiovascular disease, with the exception of systolic blood pressure (per 20 mm Hg), hypertension, and household air pollution, for which larger HRs were observed in women than in men. The difference in associations between women and men for risk factors and the composite outcome of major cardiovascular disease were similar among countries at different income levels. These findings raise several important issues.”1

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References

  1. Manfrini, O. (2022, September 10). Behavioural risk factors and cardiovascular disease: are women at higher risk? The Lancet. Retrieved October 21, 2022, from https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01736-6/fulltext

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