A recent study confirms that women below 60 years with diabetes have up to four times more risk of suffering from heart disease than their contemporaries that, usually, have a lower risk of cardiovascular problems than men of the same age.
"Our results suggest that we need to work harder to prevent heart disease in women under 60 years of age who have diabetes," said Rita Rastogi Kalyani, endocrinologist of the Johns Hopkins University School and main author of the study whose data publishes Diabetes Care.
"This work tells us that women of any age and with diabetes have a high risk of cardiovascular disease."Diabetes is one of the main causes of mortality in Spain, occupying third place in women and the seventh in men.In fact, it is one of the few causes that causes greater mortality in women than in men.
The newspaper El Mundo tells that in this research the data of more than 10,000 participants were analyzed, which none had a history of heart disease.After about 12 years of follow -up, it was found that women who, a priori, have less cardiovascular risk than men, if they develop diabetes are more likely to suffer a coronary problem.
"Our study adds more evidence that gender differences exist in the risk of coronary heart disease due to diabetes," said the specialist.
Among the causes that could be behind this association, discarded the overweight, hypertension, cholesterol or smoking factor, Kalyani points to others such as hormonal and genetic factors.
On the other hand, he points out, we must not rule out gender differences in adhesion to healthy lifestyles and in the fulfillment of treatments.