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.
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.
Jousilahti et al. (Tue,) studied this question.