Adherence to a low-risk, healthy lifestyle and risk of sudden cardiac death among women
July 12, 2011 by Cynthia Haggard
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is responsible for over half of all deaths due to heart disease. Unfortunately, SCD is usually the first manifestation of heart disease, especially among women. At the moment, the most popular way of preventing SCD is to implant defibrillators into patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. The problem with this approach is that only 25% to 30% of SCDs occur among this high-risk subgroup. Clearly, prevention strategies are needed to reach lower risk populations.
With this in mind, the authors analyzed data from the Nurses Health Study that was begun in 1976, when 12,700 female nurses aged 30 to 35 years provided information on lifestyle and medical history. The authors analyzed data from June 1976 to June 2010 to determine what role modifiable lifestyle factors, such as smoking, BMI, diet, and alcohol intake played in preventing SCD.
There was a clear association between healthy lifestyle – including no smoking, a BMI less than 25, a mediterranean diet, and moderate alcohol intake – and lower risk of SCD.
To read more, click here, or go to JAMA, July 6, 2011 – Vol. 306, No. 1, pp. 62-69.
-–Cynthia Haggard is a medical writer by day, and a novelist by night.. To see more about her medical writing business, go to clarifyingconcepts. To see more about her creative writing, go to spunstories.com (c) 2011 All rights reserved.
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Adherence to a low-risk, healthy lifestyle and risk of sudden cardiac death among women
July 12, 2011 by Cynthia Haggard
With this in mind, the authors analyzed data from the Nurses Health Study that was begun in 1976, when 12,700 female nurses aged 30 to 35 years provided information on lifestyle and medical history. The authors analyzed data from June 1976 to June 2010 to determine what role modifiable lifestyle factors, such as smoking, BMI, diet, and alcohol intake played in preventing SCD.
There was a clear association between healthy lifestyle – including no smoking, a BMI less than 25, a mediterranean diet, and moderate alcohol intake – and lower risk of SCD.
To read more, click here, or go to JAMA, July 6, 2011 – Vol. 306, No. 1, pp. 62-69.
-–Cynthia Haggard is a medical writer by day, and a novelist by night.. To see more about her medical writing business, go to clarifyingconcepts. To see more about her creative writing, go to spunstories.com (c) 2011 All rights reserved.
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