Is Female Gender a Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease?

Is Female Gender a Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease?

Despite a growing list of potential new risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), one of the oldest remains controversial. Is female gender a risk factor for AD? It is likely that the greatest influence on the gender differential in crude prevalence rates is the increasing incidence of dementia with age (Paykel et al., 1994) combined with the greater longevity of women (Moritz & Ostfeld, 1990)...

Is female gender a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease?

Despite a growing list of potential new risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), one of the oldest remains controversial. Is female gender a risk factor for AD? It is likely that the greatest influence on the gender differential in crude prevalence rates is the increasing incidence of dementia with age (Paykel et al., 1994) combined with the greater longevity of women (Moritz & Ostfeld, 1990)...

Gender is a risk factor in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease

Background: Prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has increased in the last decades, and it is now one of the most common chronic and recurrent diseases. The present study aimed at determining the frequency of gender (sex) and age in Iranian patients with GERD symptoms.    Methods: In this study, 803 patients aged 11 to 84 years, with erosive and nonerosive gastroesoph...

Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) is a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease

Female gender is a risk factor for stroke and thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation patients.

Thromb Haemost 2009; 101: 802–805 Whilst the association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and thromboembolism is well recognised, this risk is not homogeneous. Numerous clinical and echocardiographic factors can be identified that contribute to this risk, and whether or not AF is paroxysmal or sustained (1–2). Female gender poses an intriguing paradigm in relation to the epidemiology of AF and ...