Women, lipids, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a call to action from the European Atherosclerosis Society.

ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women and men globally, with most due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Despite progress during the last 30 years, ASCVD mortality is now increasing, with the fastest relative increase in middle-aged women. Missed or delayed diagnosis and undertreatment do not fully explain this burden of disease. Sex-specific factors, such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, premature menopause (especially primary ovarian insufficiency), and polycystic ovary syndrome are also relevant, with good evidence that these are associated with greater cardiovascular risk. This position statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society focuses on these factors, as well as sex-specific effects on lipids, including lipoprotein(a), over the

SUBMITTER: Roeters van Lennep JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10576616 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature