Sentences with phrase «ischemic heart disease compared»

A 2011 study headed by Quanhe Yang, PhD and published in JAMA showed persons who consumed around 4,069 mg potassium daily had a nearly 5 percent reduced risk of dying from ischemic heart disease compared with persons consuming 1,000 mg of potassium per day.

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Dr Andersen said the study was important because, although there have been other studies looking at the effects of endurance exercise on various cardiovascular problems such as ischemic heart disease and stroke, there have been only a few, smaller studies of its effect on heart rhythm disturbances, and they have tended to look at people who are less physically active, or compared very sedentary people with those who were very active.

One study of 12,000 adults, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, showed that those who consumed 4,069 milligrams of potassium each day lowered their risk of cardiovascular disease and ischemic heart disease by 37 percent and 49 percent, respectively, compared to those who took 1,793 mg per day.

The risk of a fatal ischemic heart disease for someone eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day would be 4 percent lower compared to someone consuming four portions a day, and so on up to eight portions or more.

Again, odds ratios revealed that respondents who experienced four or more categories of ACEs were 2.2 times more likely to have ischemic heart disease, 2.4 times more likely to have had a stroke, 2.4 times more likely to have ever had hepatitis or jaundice, and 2.2 times more likely to report fair or poor health compared to those with no exposure to ACEs.