Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Apr 2023
[Diversity in gastroenterology - A focus on inflammatory bowel diseases].
Factors related to patient diversity may play a major role in the pathogenesis and clinical manifestation of intestinal and liver diseases and should be considered during diagnostic workup and therapeutic decisions. Here we discuss how diversity factors such as gender, ethnicity, age and socioeconomic parameters may affect the manifestation and disease course of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD, i.e. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis). Consideration of such factors may help to pave the path towards personalized medicine approaches in clinical practice.
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Gender-sensitive medicine takes into account differences of men and women in various diseases with regard to the biological ("sex") as well as the sociocultural ("gender") dimension. This article highlights gender differences in cardiovascular disease and the different prevention strategies based on these differences.
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Arterial hypertension, particularly elevated systolic blood pressure, is the most common risk factor for cardio- and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality in women as it is in men. Blood pressure regulation and the development of sustained hypertension differ by sex. There are still few data on the question of whether the current normal values can apply equally to men and women and on the question of a different effect and dosage of antihypertensive drugs in women.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Apr 2023
Editorial Comment[Gender differences and other diversity factors].