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Women and men face different heart attack risks with diabetes (opens in a new tab)
news-medical.net · 2026-10-23
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Women and men face different heart attack risks with diabetes
news-medical.net · 2026-10-23
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Sex differences in the diabetes-related risk of incident myocardial infarction and relationship to established CHD risk factors. The Tromsø Study (1979-2016).
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Claim 1 of 7Not checkedA study published in European Heart Journal Open reported that the relative increase in myocardial infarction risk associated with diabetes was similar in women and men after adjustment for conventional cardiovascular risk factors.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 7Not checkedAdverse lipid levels and increasing systolic blood pressure were already evident during the prediabetic phase, and the article says this suggests cardiovascular risk factors are established before diabetes is diagnosed.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 7Not checkedIn the Tromsø Study, the analysis included 42,907 participants followed for heart attacks from 1979 to 2019, and 3,942 participants had a new heart attack, including 357 among people with diabetes.View evidenceHide evidence
As stated42,907 participants; 3,942 new heart attacks; 357 in people with diabetes
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Claim 4 of 7Not checkedAfter adjustment for age and birth cohort, the incidence rate ratio for myocardial infarction associated with diabetes was 2.26 in women and 1.84 in men, and the sex difference was not statistically significant.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 7Not checkedJoint adjustment for established CHD risk factors reduced the diabetes-myocardial infarction association more in women than in men, narrowing the adjusted IRRs to 1.72 in women and 1.67 in men.View evidenceHide evidence
As statedreduced more in women by 33.6% vs 15.9% in men; adjusted IRR 1.72 vs 1.67
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Claim 6 of 7Not checkedThe triglyceride-to-HDL cholesterol ratio was the major contributor to weakening the diabetes–MI association in both sexes, and systolic blood pressure contributed more to the diabetes-related MI risk observed in women.View evidenceHide evidence
As statedtriglyceride-to-HDL ratio major contributor; systolic BP weakened association in women by 10.3%
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Claim 7 of 7Not checkedThe story says the study was observational and could not establish causation, and it did not distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes.View evidenceHide evidence
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PubMed, Crossref, Europe PMC · 15 candidate papers
Sex differences in hospital mortality with the myocardial infarction code.
Gaceta Medica De Mexico · 2026 · PubMed
Mo1001 – Colorectal Cancer Risk Factors According to Sex Differences in Patients with Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus: A Korean Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study
Gastroenterology · 2019 · Crossref
Sex-based differences in developing heart failure after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
2026 · Europe PMC
SMuRF-less ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in contemporary Japanese practice: Clinical characteristics and prognostic implications from the Japan acute myocardial infarction registry.
International Journal of Cardiology. Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention · 2026 · PubMed
Review for "Sex‐specific associations between cardiovascular risk factors and myocardial infarction in patients with type 2 diabetes: the ADVANCE‐ON study"
2020 · Crossref