Parents live long, children are less likely to have heart disease

If your parents live up to 85 years of age or more, you will not only inherit their " longevity gene ", but you will be at lower risk of high blood pressure or cholesterol problems, as well as less risk of cardiovascular disease when entering middle age.

It is concluded that a research project that lasted more than half a century has just been published in the journal " Internal Medicine Archives " (USA) on 12.3.

This conclusion is based on a study of cardiovascular disease, conducted since 1948 among residents living in Framingham, the small city of Massachusetts, which focuses on the factors that lead to risk. cardiovascular disease and other chronic diseases.

This northeastern US state is considered the " object " of many important medical studies on cardiovascular disease and cancer. Research on health data of 1,697 people with an average age of 40, all of whom are parents of children who participated in the research that began nearly 60 years ago and as of the date May 1, 2005, they still " keep up " to celebrate the 85th birthday, researchers from Boston University in Massachusetts conclude that those who are fortunate to have parents who live to the age of " silver-headed " are many ability to avoid the risk of heart disease.

Boston University researchers compared the factors that led to the risk of cardiovascular disease in those whose parents lived less than 85 years of age or only one of the two births lived to this age. These factors include age, gender, smoking, education level, high blood pressure, cholesterol and body weight index.

Research shows that people with parents who live up to 85 years of age or older "are less likely to have higher blood pressure and lower cholesterol in their bodies than those whose parents died before turning age. 85 ".

Previous studies have shown that children of older seniors generally have a longer life expectancy than the average life expectancy of people. However, this is the first time a special study has focused on the relationship between parental life expectancy and the risk of cardiovascular disease in children.

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