Gender difference in diabetes related excess risk of cardiovascular events: When does the ‘risk window’ open?

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• 作者：Laura Policardo^a ; Giuseppe Seghieri^a ; ^b ; ^{gseghier@tin.it} ; Paolo Francesconi^a ; Roberto Anichini^c ; Flavia Franconi^d ; Stefano Del Prato^e
• 关键词：Gender ; Cardiovascular events ; Diabetes ; Risk window ; Hazard ratio ; Age
• 刊名：Journal of Diabetes and its Complications
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：31
• 期：1
• 页码：74-79
• 全文大小：294 K
• 卷排序：31

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Women with diabetes have a greater excess risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) than men. This study was aimed at clarifying whether this effect is lifelong or more evident in some life-periods.MethodsThe effect of diabetes and gender on the risk of first ever hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), ischemic stroke (IS), congestive heart failure (CHF), lower extremity amputations (LEA) or any of these major cardiovascular events (MACE) have been evaluated by a Cox-hazard model, over years 2008–2012 querying administrative databases of a cohort living in Tuscany, Italy.ResultsComparing subjects with diabetes to those without it the overall age-adjusted excess risk was higher in women than in men for AMI and MACE and higher in men for LEA, with no difference for IS or CHF. In women the excess risk for AMI and MACE started earlier (46 yr) and lasted until age of more than 85 yr, while ‘risk-windows’ opened later and had a shorter duration for CHF (56–65 yr) and IS (66–75 yr).ConclusionDiabetic women have a significant diabetes-associated excess of CVD risk, except for LEA, with a ‘risk window’ opening earlier and lasting longer for AMI and MACE, later and with a shorter duration for IS and CHF.