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Hoge
bloeddruk op middelbare leeftijd en je leeft 5 jaar korter.*
Uit
een langlopend onderzoek door de Erasmus Universiteit blijkt dat mensen die al
op middelbare leeftijf hoge bloeddruk hebben 5 jaar korter leven. Belangrijk
is dus ervoor te zorgen door een gezonde levensstijl en voedingsgewoontes dat je
bloeddruk niet te hoog is.
Middle-Age
Hypertension Cuts Five Years Off Life
Findings
are another reason to reduce high blood pressure early, experts say
--
Chronic
high blood
pressure
beginning in middle age robs individuals of an average five years of life, new
Dutch research finds.
The
study, conducted by a team at Erasmus M.C. University Medical Center in
Rotterdam, looked at data on more than 3,100 50-year-old American participants
tracked for more than 27 years as part of the ongoing Framingham Heart Study.
Middle-aged
men with normal blood pressure staved off the advent of cardiovascular
disease by 7.2 years compared to men with high blood pressure, the researchers
found. Those men also spent 2.1 fewer years of their total lifespan free from heart
disease.
Results were similar for women.
Total
life expectancy for people with normal blood pressure at age 50 was 5.1 years
longer for men and 4.9 years longer for women, compared to those with high
blood pressure in
middle age.
The
study appears in the June 27 issue of Hypertension.
The
association between high blood pressure and shorter life expectancy identified
in this study is even stronger than previously believed, said study author Dr.
Oscar Franco.
"This
emphasizes the need to improve blood pressure control," Franco said in a
prepared statement. "Lifestyle modification is important to control blood
pressure." People need to eat a heart-healthy diet, get regular exercise
and control their weight, he said, adding that doctors also need to educate
their patients about how to prevent high blood pressure.
(Juli 2005)