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Biological Aging Pace Helps Explain Sex Differences in CVD Risk

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In a population-based analysis of 371,032 UK Biobank participants, faster biological aging in males explained a substantial proportion of their higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk compared with females, accounting for about 60–68% of the excess risk across major CVD outcomes. Although males and females had similar chronological ages, males consistently […]

Clinical Significance of Carotid Artery Plaque with Age and Sex

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A US cohort study suggests that carotid artery plaque (CAP) becomes very common with increasing age among individuals without clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), and the association of CAP with incident ASCVD events was stronger in younger ages, especially among women. A total of 5689 participants with complete data were […]