were submitted November 15, 2010 at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions of the results of two studies conducted by Northwestern University ricercatoti, indicating that lifestyle has a greater impact on the risk of developing cardiovascular disease than to be genetically predisposed to acquire these diseases . In the first study it was found that people who maintain a healthy lifestyle, calculated on five factors:
- low body mass index
- limited alcohol consumption
- proper amounts of potassium, calcium, fiber and low saturated fat intake
- participation in regular exercise
- smoking cessation
have 60% chance of having a low risk profile cardiovascular disease after 20 years. This percentage falls to 37% for those who retain 4 factors, 30% for 3 factors, 17% for 2 and 6% for one or none.
In the second study, the researchers found that in most individuals the development of cardiovascular disease is caused by factors related to lifestyle and only a small part is due to heredity.
What are you doing and how you live has a greater impact then of their genes, it should empower people to follow a healthy lifestyle such as the 5 factors listed above.
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