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Does Diabetes Increase the Risk of Heart Disease in Younger Women?
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By Apollo 24/7, Published on - 28 January 2021, Updated on - 06 September 2023
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Studying the risk factors for heart disease in young women
- Below the age of 55 years,
- Between the age of 55 to 64 years,
- Between the age of 65 to 74 years, and
- Ageing 75 years or above.
Younger women with diabetes have a 10-fold risk of heart diseases
- Women with diabetes (irrespective of their age) had the highest aHR for CHD.
- Women below the age of 55 years had 10.71 aHR for CHD, whereas those at 75 years or above had 3.47 aHR for CHD.
- The reason behind this could be that these women showed the maximum number of risk factors associated with CHD, which include metabolic syndrome (high blood sugar and cholesterol), high blood pressure, obesity, and smoking.
- Women below the age of 55 years also showed high LPIR levels, which increases the aHR for CHD to 6.40, making them more prone to developing CHD.
- High levels of LDL in women under 55 years increased the risk of heart disease by 40%, while obesity, smoking and high blood pressure increased the risk of coronary disease by 4 times.
Earlier investigation with a similar conclusion
- 1941 women under the age of 45 years, diagnosed with MI
- 1170 women under the age of 45 years with no MI
- 4275 women in the age group of 63 to 64 years, diagnosed with MI
- Diabetes increased the risk of MI by six-fold
- Arterial high blood pressure (arterial hypertension) increased the risk of MI by four times
- High cholesterol levels in the blood (hypercholesterolemia) tripled risk of MI
- Smoking increased the risk of MI by 1.6 times.
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