title: [Sex hormones and ischemic cardiopathy in women].
abstract: Gender differences in coronary heart disease frequency is dramatic during the reproductive age of the woman. The main biological difference during this age depends on the endogenous sexual hormone pattern. This paper discusses the possible role of these hormones in determining the coronary risk and the coronary heart disease.
authors: Divisione di Epidemiologia, Istituto dei Tumori, Milano.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Muti
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Panico
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin
vernacular_title: Ormoni sessuali e cardiopatia ischemica nella donna.