This is good news in that we are informed what the key factors are
that demand attention and their real strength statistically. It is
great guidance that assists every trainer in shaping programs. Of
course, we all sort of knew this, but the scope was never properly
quantified and this yanks it out of the nether world of general
opinion.
The bottom line is that addressing these issues successfully and that
is obviously the rub, one reduces ones general risk by 90%. By the
way, the shortest straight line to success is to go vegan with almost
no wheat. It is a tough trick for most folks, but use that as the
gold standard and try to get close to it.
We all must make choices, and I am quite aware that many people are
simply not properly wired to succeed. Try though to overcome and
find a way to reinforce your commitments daily.
Risk factors for
myocardial infarction or heart attack 09/16/2012 17:32:00
By David Liu, PHD
Sunday Sept 16, 2012
(foodconsumer.org) -- There are only a few things a person should do
or not do to eliminate his or her odds to suffer an acute heart
attack or acute myocardial infarction by up to 90 percent, according
to a study in the Lancet.
Salim Yusuf DPhil and
colleagues conducted the study and found smoking, hypertension,
diabetes, abdominal obesity, psychosocial factors were associated
with increased risk of myocardial infarction while daily consumption
of fruit and vegetables, regularly alcohol consumption and physical
activity were correlated with reduced risk.
After analysing data
from 15152 cases of acute myocardial infarction and 14820 controls
from 52 countries who were enrolled in the INTERHEART Study, the
researchers found current smokers compared with never smokers were
associated with 187 percent increased risk, history of
hypertension with 91 percent increased risk, diabetes with 137
percent increased risk, psychosocial factors with 167 percent
increased risk, and abdominal obesity with 12 percent increased risk
for myocardial infarction.
[What
is noteworthy here is that the increased risk associated with belly
fat alone is quite modest as compared to the four other drivers that
easily doubled risk each. At the same time alcohol consumption alone
was also a modest improver of risk while veggies and exercise a
strong improver of risk factors. This does not mean that one should
ignore booze and gut fat – in fact paying attention merely means
that you are certainly taking care of the other factors anyway.]
On the other hand,
they found daily consumption of fruit and vegetables, regular
alcohol consumption and regular physical activity were associated
with 30 percent, 9 percent and 14 percent reduced risk for myocardial
infarction, respectively.
These associations
were observed in men and women regardless of age and region.
Together, these nine risk factors accounted for 90% of
the population attributable risks in men and 94% in women.
Another recent study
led by Claes Held of Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala
University in Uppsala, Sweden and colleagues showed leisure time
physical activity and mild-to-moderate occupational physical
activity, but not heavy physical labor were associated with reduced
risk for myocardial infarction whereas owning a car and TV was
associated with an increased risk, compared to those who did not own
either.
Researchers reported
in European Heart Journal that light physical activity and moderate
physical activity were linked to 22 percent and 11 percent reduction,
respectively in the risk of myocardial infarction or heart attack.
Owning a TV and a car was linked to 27 percent increased in the
risk.
Owning a car and a TV
may mean that the owners were rich and they tended to have reduced
physical activity or they tended to use more meat and dairy products
than poor people. Red meat consumption has been associated with
increased risk of cardiovascular disease in previous studies.
Myocardial infarction
or heart attack is a major killer in the U.S. and the world.
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