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    Diabetes and the female disadvantage

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    Authors
    Woodward, M.
    Peters, S.
    Huxley, Rachel
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Woodward, M. and Peters, S. and Huxley, R. 2015. Diabetes and the female disadvantage. Women's Health. 11 (6): pp. 833-839.
    Source Title
    Women's Health
    DOI
    10.2217/whe.15.67
    ISSN
    1745-5057
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7834
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    Abstract

    We have produced compelling evidence that women are subject to a higher relative increase in their risk of coronary heart disease and stroke following a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. Thus, in terms of vascular risk, diabetes confers a female disadvantage. This excess risk could be due to three main factors. First, it is conceivable that this is merely a mathematical artifact caused by the relatively low background rate for cardiovascular diseases among women, compared with men. Second, it could be due to women receiving poorer care following their diagnosis of diabetes than men; for instance, due to physician bias. Third, certain underlying biological differences in women and men, most likely related to the distribution of body fat, could explain this female disadvantage.

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