Sex-Gender Awareness in Diabetes

Sex and gender can affect incidence, prevalence, symptoms, course response to drug therapy in many illnesses, being sex (the biological side) social-cultural one), variously interconnected. Indeed, women have greater longevity; however, this is accompanied by worse health than men, particularly when obesity present. Sex-gender differences are fundamental also both type 1 2 diabetes. Just for example the prediabetes situation impaired fasting glucose (expression of increased insulin resistance) more common while tolerance beta cell deficiency) female, indicating a possible different genesis diabetes two sexes. In male female equivalent as incidence disease since puberty, estrogens act protective reduce after puberty. Considering macrovascular complications, diabetic 3.5 fold higher cardiovascular risk non women, against an observed increase “only” 2.1 male. Thus it clear, although not fully explained, that sex-gender do exist Another less studied aspect physician influences quality care patients with diabetes, physicians providing overall better care, especially management. The goal short commentary open special issue Diabetology: “Gender Difference Diabetes” leaving individual articles deepen genesis, psychologists aspects complications disease.