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JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 74-79Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.09.010
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Gender Cardiovascular events; Diabetes; Risk window; Hazard ratio; Age
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Objective: 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. Methods: The 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. Results: Comparing 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). Conclusion: Diabetic 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. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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