noted that other heart disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure, seem to be more common in women than in men.
Ohkuma also pointed out that women may have had prolonged exposure to high blood sugar levels, which can affect the heart’s ability to function. It can take up to two years longer for women to be diagnosed with diabetes than men.
Dr. John Osborne, an American Heart Association spokesperson and director of cardiology at State of the Heart Cardiology in Southlake, Texas, said, “There’s still a problem with diagnosing women. In this study, they spent longer in the ‘prediabetes’ stage than men.”
That delay, he said, may be a factor in the differences in heart failure risk.
“Diabetes is bad for everyone, but in
