Sex Differences in the Age of Diagnosis for Cardiovascular Disease and Its Risk Factors Among US Adults: Trends From 2008 to 2017, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Why the study?
Temporal trends in the age at which CVD and its risk factors are diagnosed, and sex-specific differences in these trends, were unknown.
Population
100 709 US adults aged 18 years or older with CVD or CVD risk factors
Comparison
Women vs men across 2008 to 2017
Design
Nationally representative survey study
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Discussion
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Implication
May prompt earlier screening in younger women; observational trends leave causal mechanisms and practice change open.
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Population
100,709 US adults (≥18 years, 50.2% women) with a diagnosis of hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, coronary heart disease, or stroke, representing 91.9 million US adults, from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2008 to 2017.
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Outcome
Age at diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (coronary heart disease, stroke) and its risk factors (hypercholesterolemia, hypertension) and temporal trends from 2008 to 2017
The age at diagnosis for cardiovascular disease and its risk factors is decreasing in the US, with a more pronounced decline among women, highlighting the need for earlier, sex-specific preventive interventions.
Cite This Study
Okunrintemi et al. (2020) studied this question.