Gender Differences in Risks of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Their Association with Metabolic Syndrome in China

Table 2

CHD risk and stroke risk in subjects depending on gender and the presence or absence of metabolic syndrome.

	Men		Women
	Non-MS	MS	Non-MS	MS
CHD risk (%)
Fatal CHD risk (%)
Stroke risk (%)
Fatal stroke risk (%)

compared to subjects of the same gender without MS. ^# compared to men without MS. and ^† compared to men with MS. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. CHD: coronary heart disease; MS: metabolic syndrome.