A recent study done on cardiovascular diseases (CVD) has revealed that women are more prone to having heart problems than men. A three-year long study by Saffolalife has shown that three out of every five urban Indian females are at a risk of getting CVD. In fact the study also revealed that this sets in as early as 35 years of age in women. Even women as young as 35-44 years have a high risk rate of CVD.
The study was conducted in 12 metro and non-metro cities of India on 1.6 lakh urban Indians out of which, 32 per cent respondents were females and 92 per cent of all female respondents were less than 60 years of age. The data from the study was analysed by IMRB.
Additionally, Delhi seems to be the city with the highest numbers. In comparison to other 11 cities, the incidence of obesity is highest among women in Delhi above the age of 35 at a whopping 61 per cent. Almost 66 per cent women have a sedentary lifestyle. The overall CVD risk among women is at 68 per cent in Delhi as 52 per cent women here have low HDl levels and Delhi has the second highest percentage of women smokers in India.
Says Dr Praveen Chandra, chairman of interventional cardiology at Medanta, CVD in women are caused due to low HDl and high BMI. “Sedentary lifestyles and compromised diet also contribute in accelerating heart disease risk.”