- Researchers report that young adults with good heart health scores have a reduced disease risk of 65%.
- Those who improved their heart health scores also lowered their risk of heart and kidney disease.
- The researchers noted, however, that only 1 percent of subjects in their study had “ideal” heart health.
Maintaining a heart-healthy lifestyle not only dramatically reduces your odds of developing heart disease and stroke, but it can cut your risk of kidney disease as well.
The according to preliminary findings from a new study that were presented this week at the American Heart Association’s
The research has not been published yet in a peer-viewed journal.
The researchers say their study not only highlights the benefits of being physically active as well as maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, and controlling your blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar, but also the strong links between heart and kidney health.
“Most of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease also correlate to kidney disease,” Dr. Arun Manmadhan, an assistant professor of cardiology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University and an attending physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, told Medical News Today.
In their study, South Korean researchers studied about 4 million adults under age 40 over a 12-year period.
In doing so, they said they found that those who had “ideal” cardiovascular health were 65% less likely to develop heart or kidney disease or have a stoke when compared with people who have low heart health scores.
“These two diseases should be prevented together because they often coexist or increase the likelihood of one another,” said Dr. Hokyou Lee, a lead study author and an associate professor of preventive medicine at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, in a
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