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Characteristics and Prognosis in Women and Men With Type 1 Diabetes Undergoing Coronary Angiography: A Nationwide Registry Report.

Viveca RitsingerChristel HeroAnn-Marie SvenssonNawzad SalehBo LagerqvistKatarina Eeg-OlofssonAnna Norhammar
Published in: Diabetes care (2018)
In patients with type 1 diabetes admitted for coronary angiography, the extent of CAD was almost similar in women and men, and total long-term mortality did not differ. Type 1 diabetes was associated with higher mortality risk in women than in men when compared with the general population. These data support that type 1 diabetes attenuates the cardiovascular risk difference seen in men and women in the general population.
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