{"id":1469,"date":"2024-08-19T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heliusstudy.nl\/?post_type=publicatie&#038;p=1469"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:00:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:00:43","slug":"prospective-analysis-of-gender-related-characteristics-in-relation-to-cardiovascular-disease","status":"publish","type":"publicatie","link":"https:\/\/heliusstudy.nl\/en\/publicatie\/prospective-analysis-of-gender-related-characteristics-in-relation-to-cardiovascular-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective analysis of gender-related characteristics in relation to cardiovascular disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Objective:&nbsp;<\/strong>Differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence between men and women have been widely reported. Next to sex-related (biological) characteristics, gender-related (sociocultural) characteristics may partly explain how these differences arise. In this exploratory study, we examined the associations between selected gender-related characteristics and CVD incidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Methods:&nbsp;<\/strong>We linked baseline data of 18 058 participants without CVD from the population-based, multiethnic HEalthy LIfe in an Urban Setting study (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) to CVD incidence data, based on hospital admission and death records from Statistics Netherlands in 2013-2018. Using Cox regression analyses, we studied associations of time spent on household work, doing home repairs, primary earner status, type of employment, working in a male-dominated or female-dominated occupation and desire for emotional support with CVD incidence, stratified by sex. Analyses were adjusted for age, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Results:&nbsp;<\/strong>In men, gender-related characteristics were not associated with higher CVD incidence. In women, homemakers had a higher hazard for CVD compared with full-time workers (HR 2.34, 95% CI 1.35 to 4.04), whereas those spending a moderate amount of time on household work had a lower hazard for CVD than those spending little time (HR 0.56, 95% CI 0.34 to 0.95).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion:&nbsp;<\/strong>Although we found no evidence for associations between gender-related characteristics and CVD incidence in men, being the homemaker and moderate time spent on household work appeared to be associated with CVD incidence in women. Thus, attention to gender-related characteristics might in future help to identify subgroups that may benefit from additional prevention strategies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Objective:&nbsp;Differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence between men and women have been widely reported. Next to sex-related (biological) characteristics, gender-related (sociocultural) characteristics may partly explain how these differences arise. In this exploratory study, we examined the associations between selected gender-related characteristics and CVD incidence. Methods:&nbsp;We linked baseline data of 18 058 participants without CVD from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"publications_year":[23],"thema":[42],"class_list":["post-1469","publicatie","type-publicatie","status-publish","hentry","publications_year-23","thema-cardiovascular-disease"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heliusstudy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publicatie\/1469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heliusstudy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publicatie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heliusstudy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publicatie"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heliusstudy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publications_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heliusstudy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications_year?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"thema","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heliusstudy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thema?post=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}