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SUBMITTER: Gheorghe G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7400394 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gheorghe Gina G Toth Peter P PP Bungau Simona S Behl Tapan T Ilie Madalina M Pantea Stoian Anca A Bratu Ovidiu Gabriel OG Bacalbasa Nicolae N Rus Marius M Diaconu Camelia Cristina CC
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20200716 7
Despite major progress in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, women remain an underdiagnosed and insufficiently treated group, with higher hospitalization and death rates compared to men. Obesity, more frequently encountered in women, raises the risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases as women age. There are some differences based on sex regarding the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of dyslipidemia, as it has been observed that women are less frequently pr ...[more]