Reuters (8/14, Pittman)
reports that a study published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association, found that men who participate in sports are 20 times more likely
to die of sudden heart problems than their female athlete counterparts. Study
author Dr. Eloi Marijon, of the Universite Paris Descartes at the Sorbonne
Paris Cite in Paris, said the “study is the first to demonstrate the low
incidence of sudden death among women in the general population is not only
related to a lower sport participation.” Marijon cited two possible reasons for
the difference: that men start activity quickly exerting all their energy
immediately, whereas women build up to full exertion; and buildup and blockage
of the arteries to the heart are more likely in men than woman.
HealthDay (8/14,
Reinberg, 2K) adds that the “deaths varied by sport among men, but not among
women.” According to Marijon, “whether this finding is related to the way of
practicing sports or constitutional – for example, difference in terms of
coronary heart disease and risk of arrhythmia during acute coronary syndrome –
needs further study.”
POSTED BY: Steven
Almany M.D.
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