Book chapter
Converging Issues in Heart Disease, Stroke, and Alzheimer's Disease in Women
Women's Health Psychology, pp 581-603
04 Feb 2013
Abstract
This chapter compares epidemiology of heart disease, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease (AD), and focuses on sex and ethnic risk profiles. In women over age 65, diseases of the vascular system (e.g., heart disease and stroke) represent the top health threat and account for 35.4% of deaths. While men and women are equally likely to die of heart disease, before age 75 men have more vascular risk factors for heart disease. For both heart attack and stroke in women, many risk factors, such as coronary artery disease and high blood pressure, are identifiable well before an attack. Strokerelated to pregnancy is most likely to occur either right around delivery or in the first few weeks postpartum and may be linked to a hormonal and vascular hemodynamic interaction. In regard to AD, in which symptoms unfold more slowly and progressively over time than with heart disease or stroke, women also show greater disability and appear to lose autonomy.
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- Title
- Converging Issues in Heart Disease, Stroke, and Alzheimer's Disease in Women
- Creators
- Mary V Spiers
- Contributors
- Mary V Spiers (Editor)Pamela A Geller (Editor)Jacqueline D Kloss (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Women's Health Psychology, pp 581-603
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hoboken, NJ, USA
- Number of pages
- 23
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Other Identifier
- 991021879623104721