The study saw researchers analyse data on more than 34,000 adults in their 40s and 50s who attended a heart disease screening programme
Middle-aged adults with three or more "unhealthy traits" are more likely to have a heart attack two years earlier than those who have none, a study suggests. They are also more likely to die prematurely, academics found.
"This scenario, called metabolic syndrome, is a growing problem in Western populations where people are unknowingly storing up problems for later in life. This is a huge missed opportunity to intervene before heart attacks and strokes that could have been avoided occur." The people in the study were then tracked for an average of 27 years. During the follow-up period 26% of people with metabolic syndrome died, compared with 19% without.
"In our study, middle-aged adults with metabolic syndrome had a heart attack or stroke 2.3 years earlier than those without the collection of unhealthy traits. Blood pressure was the riskiest component, particularly for women in their 40s, highlighting the value of keeping it under control."
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