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18/03/2013
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According to a study that followed 3,200 people for over 20 years, tendency to gain weight is higher among those who abandon the cigarette. However, extra pounds do not alter the decreased risk of heart disease
It is undeniable that one of the best things a smoker can do for your heart health is to quit smoking. Moreover, studies have shown that weight gain is indeed one of the negative effects of smoking the end - and, as you know, fat is bad for the heart. Therefore, a question arises: which of the effects between increasing weight and the end of the cigarette, stands out? A new study by Swiss researchers found that Americans and a person stops smoking, in fact, can get fat - but that the benefits to the heart outweigh any risk associated with weight gain. The research was published Tuesday in The Journal of The American Medical Association (JAMA).
The work, developed by experts at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and the Massachusetts General Hospital, affiliated with Harvard University in the United States, was based on data of 3,251 Americans who participated in a health study for 27 years (from 1984 to 2011). Every four years, the researchers assessed the participants, looking especially for factors such as smoking, weight gain and heart health. Throughout the study, there were 631 cases of cardiovascular disease.
End of addiction - According to the study, more than two decades, the trend of weight gain was observed in all the individuals who participated in the survey, but was higher among those who had stopped smoking for less time - ie since its last assessment, made four years ago. While smokers, nonsmokers and people who had quit smoking for more than four years fatter, on average, half a pound every interval between assessments, the most recent ex-smokers gained an average of two to four , 5 pounds in the space between visits.
However, the researchers found that regardless of how much the participant had gained weight after stopping smoking, your risk of suffering a cardiovascular event decreased by 50% six years after he quit smoking. This finding was true for people free of diabetes. According to the study authors, diabetics, including weight gain is especially worrying, also showed a decrease in risk. However, few research participants had the disease, so it was not possible to reach a statistically significant number.
"We can now say with certainty that quitting smoking has a very positive effect on cardiovascular risk, even if there is weight gain," says James Meigs, professor at Harvard University and an author of the study.
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