Research published in The New England Journal of Medicine reveals that five key risk factors for heart disease can significantly reduce life expectancy by over a decade. The study, analyzing data from over 2 million people, showed that men and women with all risk factors faced much higher mortality risks. However, the study also found that mitigating these factors during middle age could extend life expectancy by five years, emphasizing the importance of addressing smoking and high blood pressure in health interventions for those around age 50.
"These five factors account for approximately 50% of the global burden of cardiovascular diseases," said Dr. Christina Magnussen, deputy director of the Department of Cardiology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany.
Without the five risk factors, men had a 68% chance of dying before age 90 - [â¦] but with all five, the risk shot up to 94%. For women, the jump was from 53% to 88%.
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