“…On prolonged oral hormone therapy, the same group has 20 to 40 times the risk for thromboembolic complications. 7,8 Different publications render conflicting results regarding cardiovascular risk factors. Nonetheless, transgender people may have more incidence of smoking, increased body weight, alcohol and other substance abuse, sedentarism, inadequate nutrition (more fastfood preference), dyslipidemia, and especially HIV infection.…”