Wonder women : wondering where the women in cardiovascular trials are?

Samantha Cook, Stacey Matthews, Sarah Murray, Teofila Bueser, Rochelle Wynne, Tim Clayton, Julie Sanders

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Abstract

Women’s health is far more than ‘bikini medicine’. Not only does cardiovascular disease (CVD) remain the leading cause of death for women, but CVD burden persists affecting over 275.2 million women worldwide, even after sex-specific targeted health campaigns. Despite this burden, women, who comprise 49.6% of the global population, are consistently underrepresented in cardiovascular trials regularly making up about a third of cardiovascular trial populations. Furthermore, this sex bias has remained largely unchanged over several decades. So why are women less likely to participate in cardiovascular trials? Does it matter, and if it does matter, what can be done to redress the balance?
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)629-630
Number of pages2
JournalEuropean Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Volume20
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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