December 24 around 10 p.m. This is the time when the risk of having a heart attack is at its peak. Swedish researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found that Xmaswas a good time for heart attacksin a 16-year study in Sweden. 280,000 heart attacks were observed during this period with a peak during Christmas Eve, in particular at 10 p.m.
On Christmas Eve the risk of heart attack would be increased by 37% against 29% on Christmas Day and 21% the next day.
The stress and anxiety could explain this increased risk, noted especially in those over 75 years of age with diabetes or cardiovascular disease. “An acute experience of anger, anxiety, sadness, grief and stress increases the risk ofmyocardial infarction(heart attack) and therefore probably explains the higher risk observed in our study “, point out the researchers cited by the Daily Mail.
Who of the New year? New Year’s Eve would be no more dangerous than any other day of the year. On New Year’s Day the risk of a heart attack would increase by 20%.
The rest of the year, researchers found Monday to be a more prone day for heart attacks.
The study appeared in the British Medical Journathe. In the light of their observations, the researchers recommend the implementation of preventive strategies to protect these populations at risk from stress before the Christmas holidays.
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