Sex differences in cardiovascular risk, lifestyle, and psychological factors in patients with type 2 diabetes: the Fukuoka Diabetes Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The excess risk of cardiovascular diseases associated with diabetes is greater in women than in men. The present study aimed to examine sex differences in the control of cardiovascular risk factors, as well as lifestyle and psychological factors, in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

A total of 4923 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes were included in this cross-sectional study. Female/male differences in cardiovascular risk factor levels, and corresponding odds ratios for achieving recommended ranges for preventing cardiovascular diseases and having unhealthy lifestyle and psychological factors were computed by linear and logistic regression models.

Results

Women were less likely than men to achieve recommended ranges for glycated hemoglobin, low-de

SUBMITTER: Ohkuma T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201708 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature