According to a new study, men begin to enter the risk of cardiovascular diseases years earlier than women, around the age of 35. A comprehensive study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association reveals that men reach critical levels in terms of heart health approximately seven years earlier than women.
Elchi.az reports that experts emphasize that heart disease does not develop overnight, but develops over years, starting from the early 30s and 40s. Dr. Sadiya Khan from Northwestern University states that even if the disease is not diagnosed at this age, the risk begins to develop.
Risk difference widens at age 35
Researchers followed more than 5,000 adults for 34 years and came to the following conclusions:
5% of men contract cardiovascular diseases around the age of 50, while women reach the same rate at the age of 57.
The difference is even more noticeable in this type of disease. Men reach the risk threshold at the age of 48, while in women this age rises to 58.
By the age of 50, the risk of developing heart disease in the next 10 years remains at 6 percent for men and 3 percent for women.
The study shows that this difference cannot be explained solely by traditional risk factors such as blood pressure, cholesterol or smoking.
In addition to biological differences, social factors such as women being under more stress or working in different professions are also thought to play a role in this picture.
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