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- Title
Gender Differences and Cardiometabolic Risk: The Importance of the Risk Factors.
- Authors
Meloni, Antonella; Cadeddu, Christian; Cugusi, Lucia; Donataccio, Maria Pia; Deidda, Martino; Sciomer, Susanna; Gallina, Sabina; Vassalle, Cristina; Moscucci, Federica; Mercuro, Giuseppe; Maffei, Silvia
- Abstract
Metabolic syndrome (Mets) is a clinical condition characterized by a cluster of major risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes: proatherogenic dyslipidemia, elevated blood pressure, dysglycemia, and abdominal obesity. Each risk factor has an independent effect, but, when aggregated, they become synergistic, doubling the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and causing a 1.5-fold increase in all-cause mortality. We will highlight gender differences in the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, and clinical expression of the aforementioned Mets components. Moreover, we will discuss gender differences in new biochemical markers of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk.
- Subjects
DISEASE risk factors; METABOLIC syndrome; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; TYPE 2 diabetes; BIOMARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, Vol 24, Issue 2, p1588
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms24021588