JCL Roundtable: Lipidology and Women's Health

In this JCL Roundtable, we bring together three experts to discuss women's cardiovascular health throughout the lifespan, viewed from the standpoint of clinical lipidology. Overall, heart disease leads to one out of every 3 deaths of American women, but unfortunately patient awareness of cardiovascular risk actually has declined since 2009. Younger women are not exempt, since their risk can be increased by smoking, birth control, adverse lifestyle and diet, and genetic disorders. Age at menarche can influence lifetime risk.

Source: Journal of Clinical Lipidology - January 1, 2023 Category: Lipidology Authors: Eugenia Gianos, Emily S. Lau, Samar R. El Khoudary, John R. Guyton Source Type: research