Gene appears to decrease risk of heart disease among women but not men

Researchers are reporting the identification of a gene that appears to decrease the risk of heart disease among women but not men. In the study, the researchers found that women who carried a gene variant called CSP1 had a 12 percent decreased risk for heart disease, but the same gene variant had no protective effect on men. The findings could help shed light on why heart disease affects women and men differently. The study, which appeared in Nature Communications, was partly funded by NHLBI.