In medicine, there is growing evidence that gender differences are important and lead to
variations in the pathophysiology and treatment of many diseases with traits that appear to …

The steep rise of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and associated complications go along
with mounting evidence of clinically important sex and gender differences. T2DM is more …

Unhealthy behaviors and their social patterning have been frequently proposed as factors
mediating socioeconomic differences in health. However, a clear quantification of the …

Abstract The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is an ongoing longitudinal study
of older adults in the Netherlands, which started in 1992. LASA is focused on the …

Smoking and diabetes mellitus (DM) have been identified as 2 major cardiovascular risk
factors for many years. In the field of cardiovascular diseases, considering sex differences …

Background To explore whether differences between men and women in the sensitivity to
(strength of the association) and/or in the exposure to determinants (prevalence) contribute …

Background: Health inequalities persist between and within European countries. Such
inequalities are usually explained by health behaviours and according to the conditions in …

BackgroundStudying secular trends in the exposure to risk and protective factors of
depression and whether these trends are associated with secular trends in the prevalence of …

Background Studies of period changes in educational inequalities in mortality have shown
important changes over time. It is unknown whether a birth cohort perspective paints the …

Background Smoking increases the risk of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and is
associated with the development of COPD. Until now, it is unclear whether CAP in COPD is …