Sex differences in diabetes, obesity and blood pressure control

Symposium — Tuesday, April 25, 2024 — 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM — , Room W192C
Sex/Gender Research Interest Group — Chair: Heddwen Brooks — Co-Chair:

The risk for heart disease is six times higher for women with diabetes than those without. Furthermore, in people with diabetes, heart attacks are more often fatal for women than they are for men. This symposium will highlight recent sex differences studies that cover aspects of the metabolic syndrome that lead to diabetes. The protective role of estrogen on beta cell function (Jarvis), the role of menopause in accelerating liver fibrosis and metabolic liver dysfunction (Suzuki), combined with studies examining changes in sympathetic activity with obesity (V. Brooks) and blood pressure control (Hart). 

Speakers

• Frank Mauvais-Jarvis — Department of Medicine, Endocrinology, Tulane University


• Impact of menopause on the disease risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  Ayako Suzuki — Medical Sciences, Univ. Arkansas


• Obesity-induced increases in sympathetic nerve activity: sex matters.  
  Virginia Brooks — Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Oregon


• Aging and role of SNA in blood pressure control in women.
  Emma Hart — Physiology and Pharmacology, Bristol University