People with heart attack are younger

According to a recent study, compared to two decades ago, the age of heart attack patients decreased from 64 to 60 years old.

In addition, factors such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking also appear more, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease in young people.

According to Fox News, researchers at Cleveland Hospital (USA) reviewed medical records of 3,900 heart disease volunteers from 1995 to 2014. The results, the average age of patients with a heart attack heart decreased from 64 years old to 60 years old. Especially, among these, obesity rate increased from 31% to 40%, diabetes increased from 24% to 31%, hypertension increased from 55% to 77% and smoking increased from 28% to 46%.

Cardiovascular disease is increasingly rejuvenating.(Photo: Fox News)

Factors that affect heart attacks are mostly related to lifestyle and can be prevented in ways such as exercise, quitting smoking, healthy eating. " Don't wait until you're diagnosed with cardiovascular disease to take care of yourself, " said Dr. Samir Kapadia, a cardiologist at Cleveland Hospital, the author of the study. " You must work hard to prevent cardiovascular disease from the beginning ".

Agreeing with this view, Dr Rajiv Jauhar, head of the Heart Department at North Shore Hospital in New York, said that despite medical advances, prevention is still a key issue. According to him, factors such as high blood pressure, tobacco and diabetes need to be handled more aggressively. Doctors need to try to explain to patients about the risks in a detailed and clear way.