Diabetes and the female disadvantage
We have produced compelling evidence that women are subject to a higher relative increase in their risk of coronary heart disease and stroke following a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. Thus, in terms of vascular risk, diabetes confers a female disadvantage. This excess risk could be due to three main...
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| author | Woodward, M. Peters, S. Huxley, Rachel |
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| description | We have produced compelling evidence that women are subject to a higher relative increase in their risk of coronary heart disease and stroke following a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. Thus, in terms of vascular risk, diabetes confers a female disadvantage. This excess risk could be due to three main factors. First, it is conceivable that this is merely a mathematical artifact caused by the relatively low background rate for cardiovascular diseases among women, compared with men. Second, it could be due to women receiving poorer care following their diagnosis of diabetes than men; for instance, due to physician bias. Third, certain underlying biological differences in women and men, most likely related to the distribution of body fat, could explain this female disadvantage. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-78342017-09-13T14:34:29Z Diabetes and the female disadvantage Woodward, M. Peters, S. Huxley, Rachel We have produced compelling evidence that women are subject to a higher relative increase in their risk of coronary heart disease and stroke following a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. Thus, in terms of vascular risk, diabetes confers a female disadvantage. This excess risk could be due to three main factors. First, it is conceivable that this is merely a mathematical artifact caused by the relatively low background rate for cardiovascular diseases among women, compared with men. Second, it could be due to women receiving poorer care following their diagnosis of diabetes than men; for instance, due to physician bias. Third, certain underlying biological differences in women and men, most likely related to the distribution of body fat, could explain this female disadvantage. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7834 10.2217/whe.15.67 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Woodward, M. Peters, S. Huxley, Rachel Diabetes and the female disadvantage |
| title | Diabetes and the female disadvantage |
| title_full | Diabetes and the female disadvantage |
| title_fullStr | Diabetes and the female disadvantage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diabetes and the female disadvantage |
| title_short | Diabetes and the female disadvantage |
| title_sort | diabetes and the female disadvantage |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7834 |