Decreased risk of death from coronary heart disease amongst men with higher 'femininity' scores: a general population cohort study | Zendy

Kate Hunt | Zendy; Heather Lewars | Zendy; Carol Emslie | Zendy; G. David Batty | Zendy

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Decreased risk of death from coronary heart disease amongst men with higher 'femininity' scores: a general population cohort study

Author(s) -

Kate Hunt,

Heather Lewars,

Carol Emslie,

G. David Batty

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dym022

Subject(s) - femininity , demography , medicine , masculinity , body mass index , cohort , cohort study , context (archaeology) , population , gerontology , psychology , environmental health , sociology , psychoanalysis , paleontology , biology

At all ages men have higher rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) than women, although similar proportions of men and women eventually die of CHD. Gender differences in CHD incidence and mortality are often explained in relation to biological (hormonal) and behavioural risk factors (e.g. smoking), but psychological factors and broader social constructions of gender are rarely considered.

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