March 9, 1999Circulation900 citations
Sex, Age, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Coronary Heart Disease
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Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) incidence and mortalityhard clinical
Major cardiovascular risk factors explain a substantial portion of sex differences in CHD risk, and age-related increases in these factors disproportionately impact CHD incidence and mortality in women.
Abstract
Differences in major cardiovascular risk factors explained a substantial part of the sex difference in CHD risk. An increase in risk factor levels was associated with the age-related increase in CHD incidence and mortality in both sexes but to a larger extent in women.
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Jousilahti et al. (1999) studied this question.