Sex Differences in Lipid Metabolism: Implications for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Sex Differences in Lipid Metabolism: Implications for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

It is known that healthy women during childbearing years have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease compared to age matched men. Various traditional risk factors have been shown to confer differential CVD susceptibilities by sex. Atherosclerosis is a major cause of...

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Main Authors: George A. Robinson, Ines Pineda-Torra, Coziana Ciurtin, Elizabeth C. Jury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
sex and gender
lipoproteins
autoimmunity
atherosclerosis
SLE
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.914016/full

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