Added Value of Female-Specific Factors Beyond Traditional Predictors for Future Cardiovascular Disease

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 67; no. 17; pp. 2084 - 2086
• Main Authors: van der Meer, Manon G., van der Graaf, Yolanda, Schuit, Ewoud, Peelen, Linda M., Verschuren, W.M. Monique, Boer, Jolanda M.A., Moons, Karel G.M., Nathoe, Hendrik M., Appelman, Yolande, van der Schouw, Yvonne T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 03.05.2016; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; Blood pressure; Calibration; Cardiology; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Chronic illnesses; Confidence intervals; Diabetes; Health risk assessment; Hypertension; Miscarriage; Risk factors; Womens health
• ISSN: 0735-1097; 1558-3597; 1558-3597
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.02.031

[...]we aimed to evaluate the added value of female-specific factors in addition to traditional risk factors for the prediction of 10-year risk of CVD in women. <4 2,288 (20.1) 1.00 (0.88-1.12) 559 (7.7) 0.97 (0.72-1.31) Gestational hypertension 4,345 (30.9) 1.07 (0.96-1.19) 1,318 (18.3) 1.01 (0.79-1.30) Gestational diabetes 511 (3.6) 0.99 (0.74-1.32) 191 (2.6) 0.76 (0.38-1.53) Table 1 Female-Specific Risk Factors: Prevalence and HRs for CVD Adjusted for Traditional Risk Factors CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio; HT = hormone therapy; MORGEN = Monitoring Project on Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases; OC = oral contraceptive.