Adults of average age with a healthy lifestyle are more likely to live longer than those who have unhealthy lifestyles, have demonstrated new research.
A new study revealed that people who have not developed a common risk factor in cardiovascular disease As they have reached 50 years, will benefit from a longer health time than those who live with one or more of the five classic risk factors.
The five classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease include Type 2 diabetes,, high blood pressure,, smoking,, high cholesterol and weight or overweight / obesity insufficiency.
The first author, Dr. Christie Mr. Ballantyne, said: “The results underline the important role in which these risk factors play life expectancy And for how long a person remains healthy as they age. »»
In the study, the team of researchers examined the health data of two million adults from 39 countries.
The joint author Dr. Christina Magnussen said: “The five classic risk factors are responsible for about half of all cardiovascular diseases in the world. We wanted to understand how the absence or control of these factors affects life expectancy.”
The results have shown that 50 -year -old women who live with any of these risk factors are likely to develop cardiovascular disease 13.3 years later and die 14.5 years later than women with five risk factors.
Meanwhile, men free from these risk factors live 10.6 years more without cardiovascular disease and died 11.8 years later than men with these risk factors, the study reported.
According to research, adults who have good blood pressure control and do not smoke at the age of 55 and 60 are likely to have a lifespan longer than those who smoke and have poor blood pressure control.
The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.