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Article: Aspirin therapy's benefits appear gender specific.(Cardiovascular Medicine)

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February 15, 2006
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Aspirin therapy for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease may reduce the risk of ischemic stroke in women and the risk of myocardial infarction in men, according to a metaanalysis specifically designed to tease out gender-based differences in response to aspirin therapy.

But the results should be interpreted with caution because aspirin dose, duration of treatment, and length of follow-up were not uniform among the six trials in the metaanalysis. Moreover, the populations studied were healthy and at low risk for cardiovascular events, and the number of events was low.

Few data are available on aspirin for primary cardiovascular disease ...

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