With growing evidence that a measurement of the buildup of calcium in coronary arteries can predict heart disease risk, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) researchers found that the process of «calcium scoring» was also accurate in predicting the chances of
dying of heart disease among adults with little or no known risk of heart disease.
Not exact matches
Women who
die of heart disease are six times more likely than other women to have been bereaved in the past six months — and
heart disease among widowers under 45 has been found to be ten times the rate
among married men the same age.
Among them, a 2006 American Journal
of Medicine study compared the reported daily sodium intakes
of 78 million Americans to their risk
of dying from
heart disease over the course
of 14 years.
Among the adults in the study, even those with low coronary artery calcium scores
of 1 - 99 were 50 % more likely to
die of heart disease than adults with a calcium score
of zero.
People in the fastest declining group were still 30 percent less likely to
die of cancer when the results were adjusted to control for factors such as smoking, diabetes and
heart disease,
among others.
«Scientific findings from the past two decades that focused on the prevention
of cardiovascular
diseases continue to show that
among people who are at risk
of dying from
heart disease, the potential benefit
of omega - 3 fish oil supplements is still useful for people who have had a recent
heart attack, which is consistent with the 2002 statement,» Siscovick said.
Among the women, increasing saturated fat intake was associated with a significantly lower risk
of dying of heart disease.
High cortisol levels, which are particularly stressful for the
heart, increase the risk
of dying from cardiovascular
disease by five-fold, even
among people with no previous risk factors for
heart disease.
Among them, a 2006 American Journal
of Medicine study compared the reported daily sodium intakes
of 78 million Americans to their risk
of dying from
heart disease over the course
of 14 years.
Older people are at much higher risk
of dying during extreme heat events.136, 50,241,233 Pre-existing health conditions also make older adults susceptible to cardiac and respiratory impacts
of air pollution25 and to more severe consequences from infectious
diseases; 257 limited mobility
among older adults can also increase flood - related health risks.258 Limited resources and an already high burden
of chronic health conditions, including
heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, will place the poor at higher risk
of health impacts from climate change than higher income groups.25, 50 Potential increases in food cost and limited availability
of some foods will exacerbate current dietary inequalities and have significant health ramifications for the poorer segments
of our population (Ch.
Researchers have found that
among nearly 16,000 middle - aged and older women followed for more than a decade, those who'd started menstruating before age 12 were 23 percent more likely to develop
heart disease and 28 percent more likely to
die of cardiovascular causes like
heart attack or stroke.
Indigenous Australians
die from preventable
diseases such as rheumatic
heart disease, eradicated
among the rest
of the Australian population and they have lower access to primary health care and health infrastructure that the rest
of Australia takes for granted.