Douiatcboemteess, .obesity and CVD affect women differently than men and can result in worse • People with diabetes are 2-4 times more likely than others to develop CVD. 13 • Women with diabetes have twice as much risk for CVD as men. 14 • Women with diabetes are more likely to have heart attacks before menopause than those without diabetes. 15 • Women are more than twice as likely to die after a heart attack than men, and 3he4a%rtoafttwaockm, ecnomexppaerreidenwciethm2a0jo%r oafdmveernse. cardiovascular events within five years of a 16 • Women die more often than men from their first heart attack. 17 • Women are at higher risk of diabetes-related complications like blindness, kid - ney disease, and depression than men. 18 • Female gender is associated with twice the risk of being overweight or having obesity. 19 • Women are at higher risk for developing obesity-related comorbidities and have two times higher mortality risk than overweight men. 20 Diabetes, Obesity and CVD Affect Women Differently than Men and Can Result in Worse Outcomes Women are at higher risk of diabetes-related complications like blind- ness, kidney disease, and depression than men. 17 Women die more often than men from their first heart attack. 16
People with diabetes are 2-4 times more likely than others to develop CVD. 12
Women with diabetes have twice as much risk for CVD as men. 13
Women with diabetes are more likely to have heart attacks before menopause than those without diabetes. 14
Female gender is associat- ed with twice the risk of being overweight or having obesity. 18
Women are more than twice as likely to die after a heart attack than men, and 34% of women experience major adverse cardiovascular events within five years of a heart attack, compared with 20% of men. 15
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Women are at higher risk for developing obesity- related comorbidities and have two times higher
mortality risk than overweight men. 19
13 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/diabetes/diabetes-and-heart-disease 14 https://www.heart.org/en/news/2019/05/14/why-are-women-with-diabetes-at-greater-risk-for-poor-heart-health 15 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/diabetes-and-heart-disease-in-women 16 https://www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Press-Office/Press-releases/Women-more-likely-to-die-after-heart-attack-than-men#:~:text=At%2030%20days%2C%20 11.8%25%20of,Dr. 17 https://www.heart.org/en/news/2019/05/14/why-are-women-with-diabetes-at-greater-risk-for-poor-heart-health 18 https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/features/diabetes-and-women.html
19 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8409720/ 20 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8409720/
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