TY - JOUR T1 - Regarding sex differences in cardiovascular ageing: let us not forget iron JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 1418 LP - 1419 DO - 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309849 VL - 102 IS - 17 AU - Allison Merz AU - Susan Cheng Y1 - 2016/09/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/102/17/1418.1.abstract N2 - The Authors’ reply We thank Dr Goldstein1 for bringing to our attention the iron hypothesis as a potential non-hormonal factor contributing to sex differences in cardiovascular ageing. We also find intriguing the possibility that iron depletion in menstruating women may be cardioprotective. We had previously been aware of the potential role of iron as a by-product of haeme … ER -