Forscher stellen einen Zusammenhang zwischen psychosozialem Stress und frühen Anzeichen einer Herzentzündung bei Frauen fest, nicht jedoch bei Männern. Dies deutet darauf hin, dass Stress unterschiedliche biologische Auswirkungen auf Männer und Frauen hat

>Women who report high levels of psychosocial stress, such as from caregiving and lack of emotional support, show signs of early heart tissue changes associated with cardiovascular disease – an association not observed in men, a new study reveals.
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>The results support the notion that there are sex-specific ways in which stress affects cardiovascular health and that risk-assessment processes should take psychosocial factors and mental wellness into account, the researchers said

> In both groups, the scans of female participants who reported high psychosocial stress revealed significantly higher values for one of the markers (T1) than did the scans of low-stress female participants. A significant difference in female participants was also observed for the second marker (T2), in the at-risk group only. **In both cases, no significant difference was observed between high- and low-stress male participants.**

[Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Psychosocial Stress and Myocardial Tissue Characteristics: A CMR Imaging Study | Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging](https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.017667)