Post-menopausal women are just as likely as men to get heart disease and are less likely to be adequately diagnosed and treated. And, reports [s]HealthCanal[/s], new research brings to light a genetic basis for heart disease in women and helps to identify which women are more prone to heart disease. The study, led by Dr Ros Feldman a researcher at the [b]Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry’s Robarts Research Institute[/b] and a clinical pharmacologist at [b]London Health Sciences Centre[/b], identifies a common gene variant in women for the G-protein coupled oestrogen receptor 30 that makes them significantly more likely to have high blood pressure, the single biggest risk factor for heart attack and stroke. ‘This is one step in understanding the effects of oestrogen on heart disease, and understanding why some women are more prone to heart attack and stroke than others,’ Feldman said.
[link url=http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/heart-disease/53347-research-ids-heart-disease-risk-factor-for-women.html]Full HealthCanal report[/link]
[link url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bcp.12471/abstract]BJCP abstract[/link]