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pressure tests in Mariinskyi Park as part of the European Public Health Week . A recent study revealed that men with diabetes are far more likely to suffer from co-morbidities like cardiovascular disease , kidney complications, and foot or leg complications than women with diabetes.
“Our study demonstrates that men with diabetes had a 1.5-fold increased risk of CVD, lower limb, and kidney complications, and risk of diabetic retinopathy was 14% greater in men than in women. The greater risk of CVD complications observed for men in our study is consistent with other large population-based studies in France and Denmark,” the authors further explained. “Men are more likely to be overweight, have a history of heart disease or stroke, and be previous smokers.
The cardiovascular diseases that men with diabetes are at a higher risk of are ischaemic heart disease, transient ischaemic attack , stroke, heart failure, and diabetic cardiomyopathy. Out of the 25,713 study participants, 57% were men above 45 years. Among the male participants, 38.7% were overweight compared to 27.8% of women who were included in the study's data sample.
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