In the U.S., Women between the ages 45 to 54 face higher risk of stoke than men of the same age. Putting forward this belief, researcher held obesity responsible for this gender based disparity. Researchers this belief is based on an analysis, which tracked around 1,117 men and 1,155 women from 1999 to 2004 and concluded that women between the ages 45 to 54 were 2.39 times more susceptible to sustain strokes than men. However, this gender based disparity wasn’t’ seen in the other two age groups of 35 to 44 and 55 to 64.
Researchers view, holding obesity responsible for this, sounds rational but what makes this claim somewhat dubious is their failure to answer the question that why this gender based disparity for strokes is there. Another question that remains to be answered is that why this gender-based disparity for strokes is more prevalent between the women of ages 45 to 54 while groups, 35 to 44 and 55 to 64 seem impervious to this equation.
This is quite a jumbled fact, which needs to be unriddled further, for only then experts would be in a position to carve out a more accurate remedy to this problem. High blood pressure, smoking diabetes, high blood cholesterol, fatty diet and sedentary lifestyle are some of the key factors that stir up the chances of strokes.
Therefore, it won’t be wrong to say that by adopting healthy life style that include regular exercise and healthy eating habits, this gender based disparity for strokes could be brought down to a greater extent. Towfighi of the University of California at Los Angeles, the lead author of the research is right when he says in this regard:
Aggressive control of modifiable risk factors such as high blood pressure and cholesterol will help to mitigate the burden of stroke.
[Source:cardio blog]
