Sex Differences in the Excess Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases Associated with Type 2 Diabetes: Potential Explanations and Clinical Implications

Strong evidence suggests that type 2 diabetes confers a stronger excess risk of cardiovascular diseases in women than in men; with women having a 27 % higher relative risk of stroke and a 44 % higher relative risk of coronary heart disease compared with men. The mechanisms that underpin these sex di...

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Autores principales: Peters, Sanne A. E., Huxley, Rachel R., Sattar, Naveed, Woodward, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2015
Materias:
Diabetes + Insulin Resistance (M Rutter, Section Editor)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4442131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12170-015-0462-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4442131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12170-015-0462-5

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