Key result
Female-specific risk factors warrant inclusion in CV risk assessment despite management targets matching men.
Why the study?
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women from developed countries, necessitating assessment of both traditional and women-specific risk factors.
Highlights the importance of assessing both traditional and female-specific cardiovascular risk factors in women, emphasizing that management targets and strategies should be similar to those in men.
Supports incorporating female-specific factors into women's risk assessment; leaves open whether this alters outcomes versus standard targets.
Cardiovascular disease is currently the leading cause of death in women from developed countries. It is necessary to assess cardiovascular risk in women, taking into account both traditional and non-traditional, specific risk factors. Prophylactic measures should be instituted from an early age, by discouraging smoking and promoting a healthy lifestyle, which includes a healthy diet and regular physical activity. Health professionals and women themselves should be aware of women-specific factors that may affect the cardiovascular risk, and ensure that risk factors are assessed on each occasion. Pregnancy, menopause, polycystic ovary syndrome and inflammatory diseases require further cardiovascular risk assessments. The management of cardiovascular risk factors is similar in women and men, and is equally important. The targets to be achieved and the means used should be similar.
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Mihaela Daniela Baltă (2022) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular risk assessment in women must incorporate both traditional and female-specific risk factors, though management targets and strategies remain similar to those for men.
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