Poor lung function increases the risk of heart disease

A recent study indicates that the link between small size and increased risk of heart disease is mainly due to lung disease.

Researchers from the University of Washington's School of Medicine examined more than 800 human genome sites associated with adult length and also evaluated data suggesting that a small size increased the risk of type-diabetes 2 and coronary heart disease.

The researchers found no evidence of a causal link between height and risk of type 2 diabetes once BMI had been taken into account, but a cause-and-effect relationship between height and risk of heart disease has been reported. Several traditional risk factors for heart disease, including cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, lipid levels and socio-economic norms, including education and income, but the results showed that they do not represented only a very small fraction of the effect of elevation on the heart. Risk of illness. The way the lung worked more than this effect.

"It is important to understand the cause-and-effect relationship underlying the observation, such as the inverse relationship between adult height and risk of heart disease, to promote our knowledge of the disease and to be able to reference to lifestyle interventions that may affect the prevention of the disease, "said Dr. Erini Maroli, co-author of the study. "Our findings suggest that we need to assess the lung function as well as the size of a person so that it can better predict its risk of heart disease."

Heart attacks are one of the most common causes of death in the world. Nearly one in six men and one in ten women die from heart disease. It is therefore particularly important to determine the risk factors for heart disease, especially those that can be modified through early interventions.

"People in the shorter system can think about exercising regularly, avoiding a sedentary lifestyle, and smoking to reduce the risk of heart disease," said Dr. Panos Delucas. "As we have shown in this study, the risk of heart disease has a small effect.Our findings and other such studies promote a healthy lifestyle and especially physical activity likely to to improve lung function.