Diabet. Med. 27, 451–458 (2010) Aims Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes. Sex disparity in the treatment of modifiable CHD risk factors in patients with Type 2 diabetes has been reported previously; however, there is little comparable information in Type 1 diabetes. Methods We performed a cross‐sectional analysis of 1153 subjects with Type 1 diabetes in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC) cohort to compare achievement of metabolic and CHD risk factor goals and use of recommended risk factor interventions between the sexes. Results Women were less likely than men to achieve glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) 3.4 mmol/l (39% vs. 60%, P < 0.05). Conclusions In Type 1 diabetes, women report lower frequency than men in the use of interventions that decrease CHD risk. These findings are consistent with reports in the Type 2 diabetic population, showing that risk‐reducing measures are underused in women with diabetes.
Reference Type
Journal Article
Periodical Full
Diabetic Medicine
Publication Year
2010
Publication Date
Apr
Volume
27
Issue
4
Start Page
451
Other Pages
458
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of Publication
Oxford, UK
ISSN/ISBN
0742-3071
Document Object Index
10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.02972.x
URL
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.02972.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.02972.x