In Europe, 43% of women are dying from cardiovascular problems (stroke and heart attack) today compared to 38% of men. To raise awareness of the importance and incidence of these diseases and above all the possibility of preventing them, the Italian Society for Cardiovascular Prevention (Siprec) has promoted and organized the first Italian Day for Cardiovascular Prevention on 13 May, "Too much women have often been neglected - underlines Maria Grazia Modena, Siprec councilor and professor of Cardiology - cardiovascular diseases affect women three times more than all female cancers put together (breast, uterus, lung). all ages to have attention for the heart,starting from a greater sensitivity to lifestyle to protect one's body ".
And he adds: "The onset of cardiovascular diseases is different in women and in men. The male gender has always been the most involved, but recent studies allow us to detect a growing attention also to women", he explains, "to influence these data in increase are the various risk factors that characterize women, which can be divided into classic, exclusive and peculiar ". And he clarifies: "The first are the same as those of men: smoking, high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, lack of movement, obesity, incorrect diet. The woman, however, adds exclusive risk factors linked to her biological life: first of all, menopause , which can become even more aggressive if precocious, between the ages of 30 and 40. Then, there are the risk factors that are prevalent in women:autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, scleroderma, myasthenia, thyroiditis have more impactful consequences in women ". (ANSA).