New paper using data from CPCSSN: The impact of sex and gender on metabolic syndrome in adults

A new paper authored by Rubee Dev and co-authors Hassan Behlouli, Monica Parry, Valeria Raparelli, Colleen M Norris, Louise Pilote and the GOING-FWD Consortium explores the link between sex and gender and metabolic disease using deidentified electronic medical record data from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN). Results indicate that the risk of developing metabolic syndrome is significantly less among females compared to males, and the paper concludes that targeting sex- and gender-specific risk factors could assist to reverse the occurrence of adverse cardiovascular outcomes associated with metabolic syndrome. Read more in Canadian Journal of Diabetes.