Diabetes, CVD and Women
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health, 1 in 9 adult women in the U.S.—roughly 15 million— are living with diabetes , mostly type 2. 52 Diabetes affects the body’s ability tinotopreondeurcgey.or respond to insulin, and therefore how the body turns food Among both men and women, diabetes is one of the strongest CVD risk factors . Men generally develop heart disease in their 40s and 50s, about a decade before women. But for women with diabetes, CVD risk occurs ear - lier. Diabetes takes away much of the protection premenopausal women would normally get from estrogen. 53 A systematic review of 49 studies found that compared to men with diabetes, women with the same con- dition had 57% excess risk for coronary heart disease . 54
A systematic review of 49 studies found that compared to men with diabetes, women with the same condition had 57% excess risk for coronary heart disease. 53
52 https://www.womenshealth.gov/a-z-topics/diabetes 53 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/diabetes-and-heart-disease-in-women 54 https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-019-1355-0
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