Impact of gender on diabetes mellitus and its associated cardiovascular risk factors.
Diabetes mellitus is a common disorder associated with devastating chronic complications involving end-organ damage and cardiovascular disease. In addition, diabetes imposes a heavy burden due to medical costs, hospitalization, and time lost from work. Women who suffer from the condition have a high risk of developing the complications that stem from it, and, therefore, there must be unknown factors contributing to high mortality and morbidity among women with diabetes. There is a great need for future research to address the issues regarding women and diabetes to help clinicians develop preventive and management strategies that target this population.
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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Wiegers
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Goldstein
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D000367:Age Factors; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012723:Sex; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology