The more copies of the mutated gene, the greater the levels of HDL cholesterol and the lower the ratio of HDL to total cholesterol. While ischemic heart disease was increased among carriers of the gene mutation, the same was not observed in women using hormone replacement therapy. Recurrent early miscarriages appear to be related to elevated homocysteine and low blood folate levels in women. The risk for older women of developing type 2 diabetes is reduced by diets high in whole grains and dietary fiber. The New England Research Institutes reported that postmenopausal weight gain is due to the normal aging process and associated behavioral factors, not to hormonal changes.
Women tend to gain more weight because of reduced physical activity.
Because that weight gain centers most around their waists, these women tend to experience more cardiovascular risks like their apple-shaped male counterparts. In addition, women who consumed alcohol were more likely to gain weight. Women whose breast cancer tumors have a high build up of tumor suppression protein p53 are at higher risk for cancer recurrence after mastectomy that women with low protein levels. This was true for women who underwent post-mastectomy radiation as well. Perfection of a technique that replaces a the nucleus of a healthy donor egg with the nucleus from the egg of the infertile mother might someday allow some infertile women to have a child that is biologically their own.