Coronary Heart Disease in Women.pptVIP

Prevention of heart disease is crucial Almost 50 % of heart disease problems can be avoided by lifestyle changes Ineffective interventions such as antioxidants and hormone replacement therapy should be avoided Summary (2) Summary (3) In order to reduce heart disease in women, the importance of heart disease in the female population has to be recognized. * Mention that IDDM and CAD positively correlated * The significance of cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a health concern is illustrated by examining mortality rates per 100,000 women aged 45 years and older. The number of women who die each year from CVD is higher than the number who die from stroke, or from lung, breast, colon, or endometrial cancer in any age group. * GRAPHIC SOURCE: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2004 Update, American Heart Association. This slide from the American Heart Association show mortality trends by gender. While mortality in males has been steadily declining over the past 15-20 years, cardiovascular mortality for women has remained flat or increased slightly(1). (1) Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2004 Update, American Heart Association. * SLIDE INFORMATION SOURCE: Krolewski AS, et al. Evolving natural history of coronary artery disease in diabetes mellitus. Am J Med 1991. 90(2A): 56S-61S. This graph represents results from a study of 116,000 subjects, aged 30-55, who were followed for 8 years (1). The risk of nonfatal and fatal CHD was 6 fold that of women without diabetes (1). Risks for all forms of CVD are elevated in type 1 and type 2 diabetics(2). Diabetics with CHD are more likely to die than non-diabetics with CHD(2). (1) Krolewski AS, et al. Evolving natural history of coronary artery disease in diabetes mellitus. Am J Med 1991. 90(2A): 56S-61S. (2) Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III), NIH, NHLB