{"id":13410,"date":"2013-04-01T21:39:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T16:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cardiophile.com\/?p=13410"},"modified":"2024-02-12T19:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T14:07:15","slug":"lowering-heart-risk-also-lowers-cancer-risk-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/lowering-heart-risk-also-lowers-cancer-risk-new-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowering heart risk also lowers cancer risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Lowering heart risk also lowers cancer risk<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Lowering heart risk also lowers cancer risk &#8211; so says a study in the journal <em>Circulation. <\/em>They checked whether seven important American Heart Association recommended heart health measurements lowered the incidence of cancer in the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities study which had a follow up period of 17-19 years. They found that those with 6-7 of ideal health metrics had a 51% lower risk of new cancer than those who had zero ideal health metrics, though this ideal group was only 2.7% of the population.<\/p>\n<p>The study included 13 253 participants. Even when smoking was removed from the sum of ideal health metrics, still there was a 25% lower risk of cancer, with remaining 5-6 ideal health metrics. The 7 ideal health metrics included were smoking, physical activity, obesity, dietary intake, total cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Reference<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Shay CM, Abramson JG, Friedrich CA, Nettleton JA, Prizment AE, Folsom AR. Ideal cardiovascular health is inversely associated with incident cancer: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities study. Circulation. 2013 Mar 26;127(12):1270-5. doi: 10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.001183. Epub 2013 Mar 18. 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