Gender Equity – ABC CARDIOL

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Editorial

Addressing Gender Disparities in Cardiovascular Care: Guideline-Oriented PCI for Women and the Hua-Mulan Conundrum

Pedro Guimarães Silva et al. Henrique Barbosa Ribeiro

The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is not evenly distributed across populations. While biological factors contribute to its prevalence, social, cultural, economic, environmental, and gender-related issues also play significant roles in shaping the unfavorable outcomes associated with ischemic heart disease (IHD). Despite significant advances in cardiovascular care and the advent of modern percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), gender disparities in the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of CVD persist.

According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Network’s 2019 report, CVD accounted for 35% of all female deaths globally, with the impact particularly pronounced in developing countries, where socioeconomic barriers hinder access to adequate healthcare. In Brazil, GBD data revealed that 12% of deaths were attributed to IHD, comprising 32.3% of total CVD-related deaths. Although recent years have seen some improvements, women continue to experience slightly higher IHD-related mortality rates (29.9%) compared to men (27.6%). These statistics underscore the urgent need for targeted strategies to address gender inequities and the broader determinants of health in managing CVD.^,

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Original Article

Gender Disparity in First and Senior Authorship in Brazilian Cardiology Journals

Claudio Tinoco Mesquita et al. Aline Goneli de Lacerda Isabella Carolina de Almeida Barros Urel Eliete Dalla Corte Frantz … Vinícius de Pádua Vieira Alves Luana Evelyn de Oliveira Amorim Bruna de Almeida Coutinho Letícia Rodrigues Dalben Juliana Cadilho da Silva Abrantes Vanessa Dias Veloso Luíza Lucchesi Cabral de Mello Gláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira Fernando de Amorim Fernandes

Abstract

Background:

Despite the importance of women in clinical research, no assessment has been made of the fraction of women in a leadership positions in the Cardiology journals of the SBC.

Objectives:

To assess the fraction of female authors in the International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences (IJCS) and the Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (ABC Cardiol) over the last decades.

Methods:

We searched the original articles of the ABC Cardiol, from 2000 to 2019, and of the IJCS, from 2010 to 2019. We surveyed the number of first and senior female authors and the total number of original articles from 2010 to 2019. We calculated the total proportion of female authorship and compared the first quinquennium with the second. Only data from the ABC Cardiol were analyzed to assess the temporal evolution of the two decades. We used the chi-square test to assess the differences within each journal and between them. The IBM® SPSS® software was used in the analyses. The level of significance adopted was 5%.

Results:

From 2010 to 2019, 1,157 original articles were published in the ABC Cardiol and 398 in the IJCS. We observed that women are more prevalent as first authors in the IJCS compared to the ABC Cardiol, but men prevail as senior authors in both journals. From 2010 to 2019, there was no significant change in the proportion of female authorship. Throughout the decades analyzed for the ABC Cardiol, there was a projection of linear growth of female authorship, with the slope of the line being greater in the first authorship than in senior authorship.

Conclusions:

There is gender disparity, with lower female representativeness in authorship in the articles from the Brazilian Cardiology journals analyzed: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia and International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences. We believe that based on these results, more efforts should be implemented in the search for gender equity in the cardiology scientific production published by these journals.

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IJCS

Editorial

Gender Equity: Time to Act

Fausto J. Pinto

1. Increasing Gender Diversity in the Physician Workforce

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Addressing Gender Disparities in Cardiovascular Care: Guideline-Oriented PCI for Women and the Hua-Mulan Conundrum

Gender Disparity in First and Senior Authorship in Brazilian Cardiology Journals

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Results:

Conclusions:

Gender Equity: Time to Act

1. Increasing Gender Diversity in the Physician Workforce

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