Differences in coronary angiographic findings and outcomes between men and postmenopausal women with stable chest pain

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BACKGROUND: Despite the significant increase in cardiovascular events in women after menopause, studies comparing postmenopausal women and men are scarce.

METHODS: We analyzed data from a nationwide, multicenter, prospective registry and enrolled 2412 patients with stable chest pain who underwent elective coronary angiography. Binary coronary artery disease (b-CAD) was defined as the ≥50% stenosis of epicardial coronary arteries, including the left main coronary artery.

RESULTS: Compared with the men, postmenopausal women were older (66.6 ± 8.5 vs. 59.5 ± 11.4 years) and had higher high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (49.0 ± 12.8 vs. 43.6 ± 11.6 mg/dl, P  < 0.01). The prevalence of diabetes did not differ significantly ( P  = 0.40), and smoking was more common in men than in postmenopausal women ( P  ≤ 0.01). At enrollment, b-CAD and revascularization were more common in men than in postmenopausal women (50.3% vs. 41.0% and 14.4% vs. 9.7%, respectively; both P  < 0.01). However, multivariate analyses revealed that revascularization [odds ratio (OR): 0.72; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.49-1.08] was not significantly related to sex and a similar result was found in age propensity-matched population (OR: 0.80; 95% CI: 0.52-1.24). During the follow-up period, the secondary composite cardiovascular outcomes were lower in postmenopausal women than in men (OR: 0.55; 95% CI: 0.31-0.98), also consistent with the result using the age propensity-mated population (OR: 0.33; 95% CI: 0.13-0.85).

CONCLUSION: Postmenopausal women experienced coronary revascularization comparable to those in men at enrollment, despite the average age of postmenopausal women was 7 years older than that of men.Postmenopausal women exhibit better clinical outcomes than those of men if optimal treatment is provided.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

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Coronary artery disease - 35(2024), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 314-321

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kang, In Sook [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Mi-Seung [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Hye Ah [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Mi-Na [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hack-Lyoung [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Hyun-Ju [VerfasserIn]
Park, Seong-Mi [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Kyung-Soon [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Myung-A [VerfasserIn]

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Comparative Study
Journal Article
Multicenter Study

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Date Completed 24.04.2024

Date Revised 28.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MCA.0000000000001339

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NLM368974057