See how sex difference affect cardiovascular and pulmonary disease
There are both male and female specific biological conditions that affect cardiovascular and pulmonary health. Some of the biological processes specific to women occur at different stages of their life such as menarche, contraceptive pill, pregnancy and menopause. But beyond these biological differences there are also societal expectations, interaction with peers and other aspects covered by the wider term of gender that all affect cardiovascular health. Hypertension prevalence differs between the sexes. Hypertension is more prevalent in men until the fifth decade of life then hypertension becomes more prevalent in women. [1] Women have a similar hypertension prevalence as men in the 45-64 age group but have a higher prevalence than men for the above 65 years age group. [2]
