Women less likely to be asked about smoking: study
And CV risk score assessments are performed in only a third of all patients
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Doctors are far less likely to ask women than men about smoking status when assessing their cardiovascular risk, a systematic review shows.
This is despite women who smoke having a greater risk of coronary heart disease than male smokers, researchers say.