Tag for NBME 12, directly relates to the answer of the Q, see below:
A 60-year-old female store clerk comes to the office for an annual health maintenance examination. Her last menstrual period was 6 years ago. Mammogram 5 years ago and Pap smear 2 years ago were normal. She does not exercise regularly. She eats a regular diet. She has smoked one pack of cigarettes daily for 40 years and drinks one to two glasses of wine weekly. Her family history is significant only for diet-controlled diabetes mellitus in her mother. The patient is 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) tall and weighs 68 kg (150 lb); BMI is 27 kg/m . Her waist-to-hip ratio is 1.05. Cardiopulmonary, abdominal, and genitourinary examinations are normal for her age and sex assigned at birth. This patient's greatest risk of mortality at this time is from which of the following?
Ans: Cardiovascular disease
Explanation: This is the leading cause of mortality in the United States and the risk significantly increases for women following the menopausaal transition.