# Https://t1dexchange.org/t1d-outcomes-is-being-female-a-risk-factor/

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/https-t1dexchange-org-t1d-outcomes-is-being-female-a-risk-factor/14936
**Category:** T1 Teen/College
**Tags:** hormones, tidepool, women
**Created:** [October 11, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/https-t1dexchange-org-t1d-outcomes-is-being-female-a-risk-factor/14936 "2024-10-11T17:33:50Z")
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### Author: ![MsCris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mscris/32/10459_2.png) [@MsCris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MsCris)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/https-t1dexchange-org-t1d-outcomes-is-being-female-a-risk-factor/14936/1 "2024-10-11T17:33:50Z")

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Hers an article on the disparate outcomes in women vs men living with T1D.

> **[T1D Outcomes: Is Being Female a Risk Factor?](https://t1dexchange.org/t1d-outcomes-is-being-female-a-risk-factor/)**
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> Are there gender inequalities and outcome differences in the delivery of diabetes care? Learn more from our most recent piece.

Some highlights:

-Women who developed T1D before age 10 lost an average of 17.7 years of life, while men lost 14.2 years.

-Women living with T1D vs men have a 40% higher risk of all-cause mortality.

-Women with T1D vs men have twice the risk of vascular events (fatal and non-fatal).

-The impact of the menstrual cycle on T1D management is underappreciated.

-Tidepool Period Project, whose goal is to create pump algorithms that better manage T1D during various phases of a woman’s menstrual cycle.