Women Who Have Ischemic Strokes Have a Higher Burden of Left Atrial Fibrosis Than Men

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Women have higher left ventricular ejection fractions than men independent of differences in left ventricular volume: the Dallas Heart Study.

BACKGROUND Although gender-specific criteria are common for defining cardiac traits such as left ventricular hypertrophy, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) thresholds widely used in clinical practice have traditionally been the same for women and men, perhaps because it remains uncertain whether there is a systematic difference in LVEF between genders. METHODS AND RESULTS Using cardia...

Sex Disparities in Stroke: Women Have More Severe Strokes but Better Survival Than Men

BACKGROUND Uncertainty remains about whether stroke affects men and women similarly. We studied differences between men and women with regard to stroke severity and survival. METHODS AND RESULTS We used the Danish Stroke Registry, with information on all hospital admissions for stroke in Denmark between 2003 and 2012 (N=79 617), and the Danish Register of Causes of Death. Information was avai...

Sexual health status of women who have regular sexual relations with men who have sex with men in mainland China

BACKGROUND Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a high-risk group for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In China, the vast majority of MSM feel forced to marry or plan to marry women, according to traditional Chinese culture. Women who have regular sexual relations with MSM, called tongqi in mainland China, live with a high risk of STDs or HIV...

Women Have Higher Protein Content of β-Oxidation Enzymes in Skeletal Muscle than Men

It is well recognized that compared with men, women have better ultra-endurance capacity, oxidize more fat during endurance exercise, and are more resistant to fat oxidation defects i.e. diet-induced insulin resistance. Several groups have shown that the mRNA and protein transcribed and translated from genes related to transport of fatty acids into the muscle are greater in women than men; howe...