Sex disparities and dyslipidemic control in a coronary rehabilitation program

Sex differences in the physiological responses to cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review

“…Adherence was 45% for men and 37% for women 12 t-test Pischke 2006 [ 59 ] Patients had a diagnosis of CAD, and a history of CABG, PTCA, angina or MI n = 343 (286 men, 57 women) Aerobic 12 Weeks CR completion: 95% of men completed the study and 95% of women. 12 ANOVA Proenca 2023 [ 93 ] Patients had ACS n = 881 (739 men, 142 women) Not described 8–16 Weeks CR completion: 100% 9 Unknown Quindry 2022 [ 94 ] Patients had MI, CABG, PCI, Angina, HF, valve replacement, or have a heart transplant n = 31,885 (22,602 men, 9283 women) Not described 12–36 sessions (length unclear) CR completion: 100% 12 ANOVA and Mann Whitney U test Rejeski 2002 [ 60 ] Patients with a history of MI, PTCA, chronic stable angina, New York Heart Association Class I or Class II CHF, cardiovascular surgery (coronary artery or valvular heart disease) in the past 6 months n = 147 (76 men, 71 women) Aerobic and Strength 12 Weeks CR completion: 88% 12 ANOVA Rengo 2020 [ 22 ] Patients with a history of CABG, MI, PCI, CHF, stable angina, arrhythmia, and valve surgery n = 3925(2985 men, 940 women) Aerobic (some CR had HIIT) 12–16 Weeks CR completion: 46% of men, 43% of women 12 t-test an...…”

“…Most of the articles in this review discussing LDL cholesterol, LDL: HDL, and total cholesterol: HDL concluded that no sex differences, or no improvements, in the response to CR were found [ 23 – 26 , 29 , 36 , 37 , 41 , 42 , 45 , 47 , 48 , 50 , 52 , 53 , 59 , 68 , 71 , 72 , 75 , 78 , 87 , 88 , 91 ]. However, interestingly 2 recent studies from Jafri et al and Proenca et al found that men improve LDL to a greater degree than women after CR [ 92 , 93 ]. These were very large retrospective cohort studies of 15,613 and 881 cardiac patients, respectively.…”