Does the rate of age-related decline in aortic stiffness differ between males and females?
Females experience a steeper age-related decline in aortic elasticity than males, which may explain the increased cardiovascular event rates in postmenopausal women.
Although advancing age is accompanied by increased aortic stiffness in both males and females, a significant sex difference in the rate of change exists, with females showing a steeper decline in aortic elasticity. As aortic stiffness is strongly related to cardiovascular events our observations may explain the increase in cardiovascular event rates that accompanies the menopausal age in women.
Nethononda et al. (Thu,) studied this question.