* The supplement is available online at www. cmaj. ca/cgi/content/full/176/6/S1. women. It is
also becoming increasingly evident that genderspecific differences in behavioural as well as …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women. In fact, CVD is
responsible for a third of all deaths of women worldwide and half of all deaths of women …

Ever since the early 1980s most cardiovascular research has focused on men [1]. This
phenomenon has led to the under appreciation of sex-differences in cardiovascular disease …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Australian women, as well as men,
with clear disparities in treatment and outcomes between the sexes. Moreover, disease …

Sex and gender are fundamental drivers of virtually all major causes of death and disease,
while gender equality has been shown to improve the health of both women and men at the …

Age-standardised rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are substantially higher in men
than women. This explains why CVD has traditionally been seen as a “man's problem” …

The significant impact of cardiovascular disease on women is receiving increasing attention,
and as a result, we are becoming aware of notable sex differences in the underlying …

Despite the mortality and morbidity burden associated with cardiovascular disease in
women, there is insufficient knowledge regarding gender specificities in both biomedical …

The social gradient for cardiovascular disease (CVD) onset and outcomes is well
established. The American Heart Association's Social Determinants of Risk and Outcomes of …

The past two decades have witnessed a growing understanding of sex-based differences in
cardiovascular diseases. Age-related and sex-based differences in cardiovascular risk and …