Sex Differences in Cardiac Risk Factors in Young Adults: A Secondary Analysis and Surveillance Study.
Erica Davis, Melinda K Higgins, Kathryn A Wood and 3 others
PMID 35170485WHAT IT FOUND
Young adults showed different heart risk patterns by sex: men had more hypertension, smoking, high cholesterol and overweight, while women had more obesity and lower activity.
Hypertension, age, cholesterol, smoking and prediabetes predicted CAD.
Key findings
01Men had higher reported hypertension, smoking, high cholesterol and overweight, while women had higher reported obesity and lower physical activity.
02Hypertension, older young adult age, high cholesterol, smoking and prediabetes were significant contributors to reported coronary artery disease.
03Physical activity, health insurance and alcohol intake were associated with lower odds of coronary artery disease in the model.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for RNs
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What it does not show
All data were self-reported, so answers could be inaccurate or biased. The database was not built for this question, and the researchers could not control who was included or how variables were recorded. There were large amounts of missing data, especially for diabetes, and the final model used only complete cases. Mental health and fried food intake were not captured. The analysis is cross-sectional, so it cannot establish that risk factors caused coronary artery disease.
Declared interests
The authors reported no funding or conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as proof that any intervention reduces coronary artery disease. It is a cross-sectional survey of self-reported risk factors and diagnoses, so it can show associations only.