Risk factors for myocardial infarction in women and men: insights from the INTERHEART study

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of death among men and women globally. Women develop CHD about 10 years later than men, yet the reasons for this are unclear. The purpose of this report is to determine if differences in risk factor distributions exist between women and men across various age categories to help explain why women develop acute MI later than men.We used the INTERHEART global case-control study including 27 098...