Amparo Villablanca, Brittany N Dugger, Saivageethi Nuthikattu, Joohi Chauhan, Samson Cheung, Chen-Nee Chuah, Siedah L Garrison, Dragan Milenkovic, Jennifer E Norman, Luca Cerny Oliveira, Bridgette P Smith, Susan D Brown
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is largely preventable, and the leading cause of death for men and women. Though women have increased life expectancy compared to men, there are marked sex disparities in prevalence and risk of CVD-associated mortality and dementia. Yet, the basis for these and female-male differences is not completely understood. It is increasingly recognized that heart and brain health represent a lifetime of exposures to shared risk factors (including obesity, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and hypertension) that compromise cerebrovascular health...
2024: Journal of Clinical and Translational Science