Gender Differences in Major Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Mexican Adults.

Women showed higher prevalence of major cardiovascular risk factors compared to men in the Mexican adult population.

• Women exhibited greater prevalence of obesity (38.6%), diabetes (17.4%), and dyslipidemia (88.5%) compared to men.
• Women also showed a higher personal history of myocardial infarction (19.5%) compared to men.
• Data were obtained from adults aged ≥20 years with chronic diseases who participated in the 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey.
• The survey used a cross-sectional, probabilistic design with national representativeness.

The co-occurrence of obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension in women was associated with an increased likelihood of a CVD diagnosis.

• Adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 2.6 [95% CI: 1.5, 4.5] for CVD diagnosis in women with these combined risk factors.
• Logistic regression analyses yielded adjusted odds ratios identifying significant associations between key risk factors and CVD.
• The analysis was conducted among adults with chronic diseases participating in the 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey.

Women and individuals aged 50–59 years demonstrated the presence of more than two concurrent cardiovascular risk factors.

• The prevalence of multiple concurrent risk factors was notably higher among women and the 50–59 age group.
• Risk factors assessed included obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension.
• Biomarkers were measured from fasting (8-hour) blood samples.

The overall prevalence of cardiovascular events was similar between sexes, but different risk factor profiles were identified.

• Despite similar rates of cardiovascular events between men and women, the contributing risk factor profiles differed by sex.
• Women had higher rates of specific risk factors including obesity (38.6%), diabetes (17.4%), and dyslipidemia (88.5%).
• The study characterized sociodemographic and clinical profiles of individuals who had experienced cardiovascular events.

Pharmacological treatment alone was found to be insufficient to achieve therapeutic goals in the study population.

• The paper states that 'pharmacological treatment alone has not been sufficient to achieve therapeutic goals.'
• This finding applied to individuals with chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and kidney disease.
• The study population included adults with chronic diseases from the 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey.