Diabetes as a risk factor for incident peripheral arterial disease in women compared to men: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Resource type: Publication Publication
  • Authors
    Chase-Vilchez, Alyssa Z; Chan, Isaac H Y; Peters, Sanne A E; Woodward, Mark
  • Type
    Journal article
  • Journal
    Cardiovascular Diabetology
  • Publication Date
    2020
  • Abstract

    Previous meta-analyses have suggested that diabetes confers a greater excess risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, vascular dementia, and heart failure in women compared to men. While the underlying mechanism that explains such greater excess risk is unknown, in the current meta-analysis we hypothesized that we would find a similar sex difference in the relationship between diabetes and peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

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