(Health-NewsWire.Net, December 20, 2015 ) According to a new research, diabetic women who are exposed to air pollution may have a much higher risk for heart disease. Although studies have shown that people with diabetes are particularly related to acute exposures to air pollution, this study is one of the first to demonstrate high risks of cardiovascular disease among diabetic patients, said lead author Jaime E Hart from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.
The researchers found that exposure to air pollution had increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women. They also found increased risk of stroke among women with diabetes. These stats were seen in women of age 70 and above, that too in obese women and women who lived in the Northeast or South. Researchers studied 114,537 women who were part of the Nurses Health Study.
Following were the results found from this study:
While all women had increased risks of cardiovascular disease with more air pollution exposure the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke among women with diabetes for each 10 micro-grams per cubic meter of air, the increase was;
> 44% for CVD (66% for stroke) for smallest size pollution
> 17% for CVD (18% for stroke) for road dust-type larger size pollution and
> 19% for CVD (23% for stroke) for exposure to both sizes of pollution.
The smoking habits and family history dd not have any association between particulate matter and cardiovascular disease and risks were most elevated with exposures in the last year – said researchers.
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