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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Jul 8;27(4):481–500. doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.05.013

Table 1.

Sex differences in heart disease mortality among diabetics based on three early U.S. prospective population-based studies

Study Period Age range No. Diabetics Deaths* Risk Adjusted risk
Male Female
Rancho Bernardo 1972–80 40–79 343 24 CSR 2.4 3.5
Framingham 1948–68 45–74 RR 1.7 3.3
Evans County 1967–74 158 7 SMR 1 2.8
*

Evans County identified coronary heart disease, Framingham identified cardiovascular disease, and Rancho Bernardo identified ischemic heart disease[41].

CSR, Cox standardized risk ratio; RR, relative risk; SMR, standardized mortality ratio.

Not given in study