Association of baseline sex hormone levels and prevalent and incident peripheral arterial disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a progressive disease that affects up to 10% of the population worldwide. The burden of this disease on individuals, health systems, and communities remains high and will likely only increase as our population continues to age. While treatment and prevention paradigms for this disease are continuing to progress, new and novel therapies are being studied regularly. Increasingly, the role of endogenous and exogenous sex hormones (including estrogen and testosterone) in the development and treatment of cardiovascular diseases is being examined. In this thesis we evaluate the association between baseline endogenous sex hormone levels and peripheral arterial disease in a multi-ethnic population cohort from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Goldman, Matthew Patrick

• Cardiovascular Disease

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/93046

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/93046