Sex Differences in Cardiac Troponin and the Risk of Death or Major Cardiovascular Events

[...]in a population of patients with T2D and stable ischemic heart disease, we found that the lower concentrations of hsTnT observed in women were nonetheless associated with an elevated risk of major CV events and death compared with men with similar hsTnT levels.

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Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 68; no. 9; pp. 978 - 980
Main Authors Everett, Brendan M., Brooks, Maria Mori, Vlachos, Helen E.A., Chaitman, Bernard R., Frye, Robert L., Bhatt, Deepak L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 30.08.2016
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular disease
Confidence intervals
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications
Diabetic Cardiomyopathies - blood
Diabetic Cardiomyopathies - mortality
Female
Health risk assessment
Heart attacks
Humans
Male
Myocardial Ischemia - blood
Myocardial Ischemia - mortality
Sex Characteristics
Troponin T - blood
Women
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Summary:[...]in a population of patients with T2D and stable ischemic heart disease, we found that the lower concentrations of hsTnT observed in women were nonetheless associated with an elevated risk of major CV events and death compared with men with similar hsTnT levels.
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ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2016.06.013