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Diabetes appears to rob women of usual advantage in heart disease risk
May 26th, 2005
For men, a heart attack increases the risk of dying from coronary heart disease more than diabetes does, but for women, diabetes is sometimes the greater threat. The findings were published in the May 3, 2005, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. "In women, prior diabetes at baseline has a greater risk of coronary heart disease mortality than prior heart attack, but a heart attack that occurs during follow-up has a greater risk than diabetes that develops during follow-up. More aggressive management of diabetes to prevent cardiovascular disease may be needed, particularly in women," said Gang Hu, MD, PhD, at the National...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-26)
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