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HEARING AND VISION LOSS LINKED TO HEART DISEASE AND STROKE
THE WEEK India
|December 01, 2024
A CHINESE STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL of the American Heart Association suggests that middle aged and older adults with sensory impairments, specifically hearing and vision loss, have an elevated risk of cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and heart attacks.
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Researchers analysed data from 11,332 Chinese adults aged 45 and older without a history of cardiovascular disease at the start of the study. Over seven years of follow-up, 2,156 participants were diagnosed with a stroke, cardiac arrest, heart attack, chest pains, severe arrhythmias, heart failure or other cardiovascular problems.
This story is from the December 01, 2024 edition of THE WEEK India.
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