I've got a school project where I need to find research on CHD and all the risk factors, but I can't find anything regarding how being male or female affects your chances of suffering from this disease... Please help!
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Male sex (gender) รข€” Men have a greater risk of heart attack than women do, and they have attacks earlier in life. Even after menopause, when women's death rate from heart disease increases, it's not as great as men's.
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All other things being equal women are affected less often than men. This is because oestrogen is cardio-protective,reducing their risk before the menopause. After the menopause their risk increases at a parallel rate to men
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