Men who can do more than 40 pumps are less likely to develop heart disease

BOSTON – Here is a way to predict your heart health: go down and give me 41. A new study found that men who can do at least 40 pumps in one attempt are much less likely to suffer from heart disease and other dangerous cardiovascular conditions over the next 10 years.

Harvard T.H. Researchers The Chan School of Public Health says its report is the first to show how pumping capacity is related to heart disease. They found that middle-aged men who could register more than 40 pumps in a single trial were 96% less likely to develop life-threatening illness and other similar conditions, such as inadequacy heart, compared to those who can not accomplish more. more than 10 pumps.

For their study, the authors examined the health-related data of 1,104 active male firefighters taken each year from 2000 to 2010. At the start of the study, the average participant was approximately 40 years old with an average body mass index of 28.7. Firefighters were tasked to perform as many pumps as possible, and their tolerance to the treadmill was also tested.

At the end of the study period, 37 participants had a heart disease-related condition – and 36 of these men were unable to register more than 40 pumps in the initial test. The results of the treadmill test were not so clearly related to diagnoses of heart disease.

"Our results demonstrate that lifting capacity can be a simple and free method for assessing the risk of cardiovascular disease in almost all settings," says study's first author, Justin Yang, a resident of Occupational Health at the school, in a newspaper. Press release. Surprisingly, the lifting ability was more strongly associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease than the sub-maximal treadmill test results.

The authors note that, since the study is supplemented by middle-aged men in active employment, the results should not be considered identical for women or men who are less active or of different ages.

This study was published in JAMA Network open now.

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