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Your total cholesterol level should be below 200 mg/dL.1 Younger women tend to have lower cholesterol than younger men; cholesterol levels increase in men and women as they get older. After menopause, cholesterol levels rise an additional 10 to 20 mg/dL in women; beginning at age 45, a higher percentage of women than men have high cholesterol.2, 3 Having high total cholesterol increases your risk of Heart disease. A 40-year-old women with high total cholesterol is twice as likely to develop heart disease than a woman of the same age with a level below 200 mg/dL.4
The results of your cholesterol test will be compared with guidelines from the National Cholesterol Education Program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.1 Cholesterol and triglycerides are measured in milligrams per deciliter of blood (mg/dL). A deciliter is one-tenth of a liter.
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∙ 13y agoMen are at higher risk than women, up until the age of about 50. Women, postmenopausally, catch up to men, after the age of 50. It is postulated that estrogen has a protective effect against heart disease.
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∙ 14y agono they do not because women are more factored under the risks of heart attacks
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What information can you give me for heart attacks in women?
I do know the Heart Attacks are more common in men than women. I am guessing doing do the average weight of men is more, therefore putting more strain on the heart to pump blood to every region. Even if you are a women, you should still be wary of heart disease.
How many deaths from Heart disease in world each year?
35.3% of deaths in American women over the age of 20, or more than 432,000, are caused by cardiovascular disease each year. More than 200,000 women die each year from heart attacks- five times as many women as breast cancer.
What percentage of the humans die of heart attacks?
More than 50%
Why are goiters more common in women than in men?
In modern countries goiters are usually from autoimmune attacks on the thyroid. Autoimmune diseases( where the body attacks itself) are more common in women.
What age group and sex are more at risk of develping heart disease?
Before age 60, men are more likely to have heart attacks than women are. After age 60, the risk is equal among men and women. Age-Risk is higher in men who are 45 years of age and older and women who are 55 years of age and older
What are facts about heart attack?
1.5 million heart attacks occur in the United States each year. Women are more likely to die suddenly from a heart attack than men. Almost 50% of deaths from heart attack occur within one hour, outside a hospital.
Is drinking warm water better than cold in heart attacks?
There is no evidence that supports warm water is better than cold water in heart attacks. There are many symptoms for heart attacks such as a pain in the left arm.
Symptoms of Women's Heart Attacks?
Women who have heart attack symptoms are often misdiagnosed because the symptoms of a woman's heart attack are very different than those of a man. Many people, including women and their doctors, consider chest pain to be the main sign of a heart attack. While chest pain is a common sign of a heart attack for men, women do not necessarily feel this pain when they are having a heart attack.Common Female Heart Attack SymptomsThough women experience different symptoms than men, a heart attack is equally life threatening in men and women. Unfortunately, when women's symptoms are not recognized as signs of a heart attack, the condition can be even more dangerous. While symptoms differ between men and women, there are commonalities in heart attack symptoms among women. Some of the common signs of a heart attack in a woman include:
Why are men more at risk for heart disease than women?
Their hearts are larger
Why is the pulse of men slower compared to women?
Yes its true that men heart rate & pulse rate is slower than women. It is due to following two reasons: -- Size of the heart in men is 25% larger than in women. Larger heart can pump more blood than smaller heart in one beat. -- Capacity of lungs in men is 25-30% higher than women.
Does being male or female effect heart rate?
Heart rate of men is lower than women because size of the heart in men is 25% larger than in women. Larger heart can pump more blood than smaller heart in one beat. Another reason of low heart rate in men than women is capacity of lungs in men is 25-30% higher than women. These are 2 reason of low heart rate or pulse rate in men than women.
What statements led to the myth that men suffer from heart disease more often than women?
The kind of lifestyles that most men led to the myth that men suffer from heart disease more than women. Men generally eat unhealthy foods and abuse drugs as compared to women.
