A community-based study of demographics, medical and psychiatric conditions, and gender dysphoria/incongruence treatment in transgender/gender diverse individuals.
Haleigh A JamesAlice Y ChangReese L ImhofAradhana SahooMonique M MontenegroNicole R ImhofCesar A GonzalezAida N LteifTodd B NippoldtCaroline J Davidge-PittsPublished in: Biology of sex differences (2020)
Transgender and gender diverse individuals represent a population who express various gender identities and are seeking gender-specific healthcare at increasing rates. Psychiatric illness is highly prevalent compared to the US population but there is no difference in the prevalence of CV risk factors including obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia.