Why the study?
What are the independent predictors of ischaemic heart disease, stroke, and overall mortality in women?
Population
1,462 women aged 38-60 from a population study in Gothenburg, Sweden, plus a clinical series of 47 women of…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12 years
Authors
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Abdominal adiposity and triglycerides may inform risk assessment in women; leaves open validation against traditional factors in prospective cohorts.
What are the independent predictors of ischaemic heart disease, stroke, and overall mortality in women?
In women, metabolic disturbances such as increased abdominal adiposity, diabetes, and hypertriglyceridaemia are stronger independent predictors of ischaemic heart disease, stroke, and mortality than traditional risk factors like cholesterol and smoking.
Leif Lapidus (1985) studied this question.
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