Sex Differentials in Biological Risk Factors for Chronic Disease: Estimates from Population-based Surveys

Noreen Goldman, Maxine Weinstein, Jennifer Cornman, Burton Singer and Teresa Seeman
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Noreen Goldman: Princeton University
Maxine Weinstein: Georgetown University
Jennifer Cornman: Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn & Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life
Burton Singer: Princeton University
Teresa Seeman: University of California, Los Angeles

No 301, Working Papers from Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Office of Population Research.

Abstract: In light of substantial sex differences in health outcomes, researchers need to focus on disentangling the underlying biological and social determinants. The objective of this study is to determine whether two populations that differ in many cultural and social dimensions Taiwan and the US also vary with regard to sex differentials in biological markers of chronic disease. The analysis is based on three population-based surveys that include interviews, urine and blood specimens, and physical examinations: The Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study in Taiwan, the Wisconsin Longitudinal Survey, and the MacArthur studies of successful aging. The outcomes comprise six indicators of cardiovascular risk (total/HDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, glycosylated hemoglobin and waist-hip ratio) and four markers of SNS and HPA-axis functioning (epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol and DHEA-S). US males have significantly (p

Keywords: sex differences; cardiovascular risk factors; sympathetic nervous system; hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, Taiwan; United States; USA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-03
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