Answer:
a. Heart disease
Explanation:
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be one of the leading causes of death and disability in Western societies. However, there are considerable differences according to sex in the appearance of the various manifestations of CVD.
Men are at greater risk of coronary heart disease than women and younger than them. Women, on the other hand, have equal or greater propensity to suffer stroke (stroke) and heart failure. Because the strategies to prevent stroke and heart failure may be different from the strategies to prevent coronary heart disease, for primary prevention it is important to know the first manifestation of CVD.
Life expectancy is greater for women than for men and for them they have more time to present CVD. Cardiovascular risk factors, such as smoking, not only increase susceptibility to CVD, but are associated with an increased risk of dying from non-cardiovascular causes before they increase CVD.
Two out of three 55-year-old men and women will suffer cardiovascular disease during their remaining years of life. The results of this study indicate the importance of adequate control of risk factors for stroke and heart failure.
