Prevention & lipidsCross-sectional study
Patterns in Cardiovascular Risk Factors Stratified by Age and Sex in a Large German Population
- cross-sectional analysis of medical checkup data
- stratified by sex and age into 6 groups
Authors' conclusion
The study underscores the need for sex- and age-specific CV prevention in the working environment. Participants demonstrated escalating CV risk, particularly with increasing age (45-55 years). This highlights the need for targeted measures for this age group, including the menopausal phase in women.
Study context
- Population
- German working population; employees of German companies attending medical checkups with ias PREVENTcheckups evaluated
- Participants
- 40,704 participants
- Exposure
- distribution of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors with a focus on sex-specific differences
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Cohort characteristics
average age
49 years
women
25%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Prevalence of hypertension, elevated low-density lipoprotein, and diabetes
hypertension
elevated low-density lipoprotein
diabetes
Smoking, ages 45 to 55 years
- a higher proportion of women than men smoked
Obesity prevalence
- higher in women than in men starting at the age of 50
Diabetes prevalence by age
- higher in women than men under 45 but reversed in men above 55 years
Original publication
Patterns in Cardiovascular Risk Factors Stratified by Age and Sex in a Large German Population. JACC Adv. Published 19 August 2026. doi:10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.103159
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it