Key result
Female sex was associated with significantly higher rates of hypertension (58.2% vs 28.1%, P=0.0001) and diabetes (51.9% vs 28.1%) compared to men in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Why the study?
What are the differences in risk factors for acute coronary syndromes between men and women?
Observational (n=414)
What are the differences in risk factors for acute coronary syndromes between men and women?
Absolute Event Rate: 74.7% vs 84.8%
p-value: p=0.005
Women presenting with acute coronary syndromes have a significantly higher prevalence of hypertension and diabetes, whereas men have a higher prevalence of smoking.
May inform sex-specific ACS risk assessment; leaves open causal links and tailored prevention trials.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the presence of risk factors for coronary heart diseases in men and women in our population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 414 patients (335 men, 79 women) admitted to our coronary intensive care unit with the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome were evaluated for risk factors. RESULTS: 74.7% of women and 84.8% of men were observed to belong to sex-specific risk groups. This finding was statistically significant (P = 0.005). Prevalence of hypertension was significantly higher in women (58.2%) than in men (28.1%) (P = 0.0001). Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in women was (51.9%) and significantly higher than in men (28.1%, P = 0.0001). Smoking was 2.5 times higher in men: 77.0% and 31.6%, respectively (P = 0.0001). Body mass index was high in both groups and in women exceeded that of men (P = 0.0001). CONCLUSION: The fact that risk factors for acute coronary syndromes were frequently observed in male and female patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes warned us to arrange our health policy towards the priority of the prevention of these risk factors.
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Kurtulmuş et al. (2007) conducted an observational in Acute coronary syndrome (n=414). Female sex vs. Male sex was evaluated on Belonging to sex-specific risk groups (p=0.005). Female sex was associated with significantly higher rates of hypertension (58.2% vs 28.1%, P=0.0001) and diabetes (51.9% vs 28.1%) compared to men in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
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