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Someone may have tried to avoid the causes of heart disease such as fatty foods, smoking and lack of physical activity. But the risk of heart disease was found to increase as other factors that may surprise you.
Based on several studies, 7 it also can increase heart disease risk factors. As reported Besthealth, Tuesday (18/12/2012), the seven factors include:
1. Blood type A, B or AB
According to the Harvard School of Public Health, people with blood type A, B or AB had a risk of heart disease slightly higher than those with blood type O. Recent studies have also shown that the risk increased to 5 percent in people with blood type A, 11 percent in people with blood type B, and 23 percent in people with blood type AB.
The researchers are not sure why there are differences, but there is evidence that blood type O have better blood flow and other blood types may contain bad cholesterol levels higher.
2. Sleep Apnea are Not Treated
Scientists have found more evidence that sleep apnea, a sleep disorder in which breathing stops periodically during sleep, is associated with cardiovascular disease. People with sleep apnea are more likely to have other risk factors for heart disease such as obesity and diabetes.
However, doctors at La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital in Valencia, Spain, have recently found that when people get treatment for sleep apnea, cardiovascular mortality risk of patients being treated at the hospital will decrease and return to normal.
3. Early menopause
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, recently found that women who experience early menopause or before the age of 46 years, have the possibility of heart attack or stroke to 2-fold compared with women who experience menopause at an older age.
While this does not mean menopause can lead to heart disease, premature menopause women in the group were also more likely to have heart disease risk factors such as high BMI, diabetes and smoking habits.
4. Distended stomach
Grease only in the abdomen is more dangerous than fat around the body. According to recent research from the Mayo Clinic shows that people who have a normal weight can high risk of heart disease if you have a distended abdomen and waist are great because fat accumulates.
5. Working the night shift
People who work the night shift, 23 percent more likely to have heart attacks than those who work only during the day. This was stated by researchers at Western University, where reason is the work schedule at night can disrupt the body's circadian rhythms.
6. History of violence time still a child
According to recent research from the American Psychological Association, middle-aged women who had experienced physical violence in childhood are at greater risk of heart disease.
In the study, women are victims of physical violence in the past, 2 times more likely to have high blood pressure, high blood sugar, waist size larger and unhealthy cholesterol levels, all of which are risk factors for heart disease. The reason is that childhood trauma can cause higher stress and poor diet, even decades later.
7. A low intake of vitamin D
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen conducted a study involving more than 10,000 people in Denmark and found evidence that low vitamin D levels associated with risk of heart disease, heart attack and death.
The researchers are not sure whether vitamin D deficiency actually leads to heart disease or simply an indicator of poor health and the effect on heart conditions.
Based on several studies, 7 it also can increase heart disease risk factors. As reported Besthealth, Tuesday (18/12/2012), the seven factors include:
1. Blood type A, B or AB
According to the Harvard School of Public Health, people with blood type A, B or AB had a risk of heart disease slightly higher than those with blood type O. Recent studies have also shown that the risk increased to 5 percent in people with blood type A, 11 percent in people with blood type B, and 23 percent in people with blood type AB.
The researchers are not sure why there are differences, but there is evidence that blood type O have better blood flow and other blood types may contain bad cholesterol levels higher.
2. Sleep Apnea are Not Treated
Scientists have found more evidence that sleep apnea, a sleep disorder in which breathing stops periodically during sleep, is associated with cardiovascular disease. People with sleep apnea are more likely to have other risk factors for heart disease such as obesity and diabetes.
However, doctors at La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital in Valencia, Spain, have recently found that when people get treatment for sleep apnea, cardiovascular mortality risk of patients being treated at the hospital will decrease and return to normal.
3. Early menopause
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, recently found that women who experience early menopause or before the age of 46 years, have the possibility of heart attack or stroke to 2-fold compared with women who experience menopause at an older age.
While this does not mean menopause can lead to heart disease, premature menopause women in the group were also more likely to have heart disease risk factors such as high BMI, diabetes and smoking habits.
4. Distended stomach
Grease only in the abdomen is more dangerous than fat around the body. According to recent research from the Mayo Clinic shows that people who have a normal weight can high risk of heart disease if you have a distended abdomen and waist are great because fat accumulates.
5. Working the night shift
People who work the night shift, 23 percent more likely to have heart attacks than those who work only during the day. This was stated by researchers at Western University, where reason is the work schedule at night can disrupt the body's circadian rhythms.
6. History of violence time still a child
According to recent research from the American Psychological Association, middle-aged women who had experienced physical violence in childhood are at greater risk of heart disease.
In the study, women are victims of physical violence in the past, 2 times more likely to have high blood pressure, high blood sugar, waist size larger and unhealthy cholesterol levels, all of which are risk factors for heart disease. The reason is that childhood trauma can cause higher stress and poor diet, even decades later.
7. A low intake of vitamin D
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen conducted a study involving more than 10,000 people in Denmark and found evidence that low vitamin D levels associated with risk of heart disease, heart attack and death.
The researchers are not sure whether vitamin D deficiency actually leads to heart disease or simply an indicator of poor health and the effect on heart conditions.
Source: Besthealth
