Question: Do Varicose Veins affect women and men equally?
Women account for approximately 75% of varicose vein cases, mainly because of the unique additional risk factors for females, including circulating hormone levels and pregnancy. Men typically present with advanced stages of disease and often after complications of vein disease. One certainty is that women are far more commonly afflicted with symptomatic isolated surface disease due to hormonal influences and pregnancy.
Of 405 women with varicose veins:
- 13% had one pregnancy
- 30% had two pregnancies
- 57% had three pregnancies
Mullane DJ Am J OB Gyn 1952; 63:620
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