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Women with diabetes face a 58% greater risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality and a 13% greater risk of all-cause mortality compared to men with diabetes, indicating a significant sex-specific disparity in cardiovascular outcomes.

If you are a woman with diabetes, your risk of dying from heart disease is significantly higher than a man with diabetes. This means you should not just manage your blood sugar, but actively prioritize cardiovascular health with your doctor, potentially requiring more aggressive monitoring or prevention strategies than standard male-centric guidelines might suggest.

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Compared with men with diabetes, women with diabetes had a 58% greater risk of CHD mortality, but only an 8% greater risk of stroke mortality (RRRCHD 1.58, 95% CI 1.32 to 1.90; P < 0.001; RRRstroke 1.08, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.15; P < 0.001). The pooled women-to-men RRR showed a 13% greater risk of all-cause mortality associated with diabetes in women than in men (RRR 1.13, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.19; P < 0.001).
Yafeng Wang et al. · BMC Medicine · 2019

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Based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of 49 studies involving over 5 million participants.

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Sex differences in the association between diabetes and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 5,162,654 participants

Yafeng Wang et al. · BMC Medicine · 2019

DOI 10.1186/s12916-019-1355-0

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