Cardiovascular risk underestimated for people in HIV, finds global study
A team of US researchers has found that for people with HIV, current risk models underestimated cardiovascular events in both women and black men in high-income countries.
A team of US researchers has found that for people with HIV, current risk models underestimated cardiovascular events in both women and black men in high-income countries.
Cardiovascular disease continues to be a major global health concern, with heart attacks and strokes ranking as leading causes of death worldwide.
Women have a four times higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease if they have an infection with a high-risk strain of the human papillomavirus (HPV), according to research released on Wednesday.
As per research, people with diabetes are twice as likely to develop some form of heart disease in their lifetime.
"Based on our pooled data, insomnia should be considered a risk factor for developing a heart attack, and we need to do a better job of educating people about how dangerous [lack of good sleep] can be,"
"It indicates that increasing fish consumption and particularly oily fish in vascular patients may produce a modest cardiovascular benefit," Mente added.
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According to the researchers, advanced maternal age was associated with the increase, with the rate of chronic hypertension increasing on an average by six per cent per year, 13 times what it was in 1970.
Systolic blood pressure refers to the highest blood pressure level when the heart is squeezing and pushing the blood around the body.
This study aimed to assess how changes in physical activity over 22 years were related to subsequent death from all causes and cardiovascular disease.
