The Increased Cardiac Risks of 'Trans' Hormones Differ According to the Sex Binary

As though it does exist and is important

Terrible stock photo of human cardiac dimorphism

In a development that should surprise absolutely no one who has paid attention, a new paper shows that people taking cross-sex hormones as part of a ‘trans identity’ face “significantly higher risk” of cardiac problems.

Comparing health data from 2,671 Danish ‘trans people’ in their early or mid-20s to a control group of 26,700, the authors found increased risk of heart disease in both the men and women who identify as ‘trans.’

“Transgender women taking estrogen had a 93% increased risk of heart problems versus control men, and a 73% higher risk when measured against control women,” the NY Post reports.

“Transgender men taking testosterone had a 2.2 times increased risk of cardiovascular ailments compared with control men, and a 63% increased risk compared with control women.”

So while the risk of cardiac problems almost doubles for men on estrogen, it more than triples for women on testosterone. Normal baseline cardiac risk is the same f…