Diabetic Women 40 Percent More Likely Than Men To Suffer Heart Attack

Researchers at the Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China, conducted a systemic review and meta-analysis of 18 studies with over 11 million patients, showing that diabetic women are about 40 percent more likely to suffer from acute coronary syndromes than diabetic men.

In this recent study, the researchers estimated the relative risk for acute coronary syndrome--a strong risk factor of diabetes--associated in both men and women; this consisted of a total of 9 case control and 10 cohort studies included, with data for 10,856,279 individuals and at least 106,703 fatal and non-fatal acute coronary syndrome events.

Findings revealed that the pooled maximum-adjusted relative risk for acute coronary syndrome linked to diabetes in women was 2.46 while it was 1.68 in men. In patients with diabetes, women had a significantly higher risk of acute coronary syndrome, at at least a 38 percent risk increase, according to researchers.

"Women with diabetes have a roughly 40% greater excess risk of acute coronary syndrome, compared with men with diabetes," the researchers noted. "We should avoid sexual prejudice in cardiovascular disease, take all necessary steps to diagnose it early, and control risk factors comprehensively to guarantee the most suitable treatments and best possible outcomes in female patients."

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