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VIDEO: Vascular disease risks vary by sex
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CHICAGO — In this video, Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, from the New York University School of Medicine, examines the association between age, sex and different phenotypes of vascular disease at the American College of Cardiology 2016 Scientific Session.
While men are known to be more at risk for CAD than women, the differences by sex for disease in other vascular beds had not been well-categorized, Berger said.
According to the findings from the 3.6 million-participant Life Line screening program, women were at higher risk for peripheral artery disease than men, while men showed a substantially higher risk for abdominal aneurysms.
According to Berger, the data from the Life Line program could help doctors get a more accurate view of which types of patients are at risk for each type of vascular disease.
“This difference in how vascular disease presents in women and men is really important because when we're thinking about prevention ... we need to know what type of disease they are at risk for and once we completely understand that, then we can help direct preventive therapies toward them,” Berger said.