Endogenous sex hormones and cardiovascular disease in men.

Sex Differences in Sex Hormones, Carotid Atherosclerosis, and Stroke.

There are notable sex differences in cardiovascular disease. Although the cumulative incidence of cardiovascular disease in women lags behind that of men by ≈7 to 10 years, strokes comprise a larger proportion of cardiovascular events in women than in men. In terms of clinical impact, aspirin used for primary prevention is associated with a significance reduction in stroke women but not myocard...

CARDIOVASCULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY Endogenous Sex Hormones and Cardiovascular Disease in Men

Endogenous sex hormones, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and other lipoprotein fractions in men.

At least some of the large preponderance for coronary heart disease in men has been attributed to differences in lipid and lipoprotein levels; notably, high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), a protective factor, is higher in women. The sex differences in lipid levels have been postulated to be related to differences in sex hormones. In a southern California cohort of 391 men aged 30-79 y...

Prospective Population-Based Study

Plasma obtained and frozen in 1972-1974 from 1,009 white men (40-79 years old) who have been followed for 12 years was examined for endogenous sex hormone levels according to prevalent or subsequent cardiovascular disease. In these older men, no sex hormone measured (testosterone, androstenedione, estrone, or estradiol) was significantly associated with known cardiovascular disease at baseline ...

Sex hormones and cardiovascular risk in men and women The Skaraborg Project

The general aim of this thesis was to explore the associations between sex hormones and high blood pressure in men and women and to investigate their further role in the development of acute myocardial infarction particularly with regard to the large effect of type 2 diabetes, especially seen in women. Differences in levels of sex hormones and their specific effects in men and women might parti...