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Women with autoimmune diseases are more at risk of heart disease death: study
A new study suggests that women suffering from autoimmune diseases such as rheumatism, lupus and systemic scathing men face 50 percent more risk of dying of heart disease than men. Despite the overall decline in deaths, cardiovascular issues remain a major cause, which highlight the initial screening and the immediate need for better heart care.
Women with autoimmune diseases face a greater risk of heart disease death: Study (image credit: istock)
A new study has found that common autoimmune is a significant risk of dying of heart disease than women living with inflammatory diseases such as rheumatism, lupus, or systemic sclerosis.
Research published on 5 May in circulation: Cardiovskular quality and results revealed that women with these autoimmune conditions had 50 percent higher mortality than heart disease than men.
Senior writer and director of Cardio-Rumetology at Cleveland Clinic. Heba Vasif said, “These diseases already affect women compared to men. Now, we are seeing that women also carry heavy burden while talking about heart related deaths.”
Autoimmune diseases such as rheumatism and lupus are more common in women. In fact, women have two to three times more likely to develop arthritis and nine times more likely to be diagnosed with lupus. Systematic sclerosis, a disease that makes the skin hard and can affect internal organs, is also more common in women.
The study analyzed American data from 1999 to 2020, including more than 127,000 cardiovascular deaths in 281,000 deaths in patients with these autoimmune diseases. While the deaths related to heart disease have decreased overall-3.9 to 2.1 per 100,000 in women, and 1.7 to 1.2 per 100,000 in men-women die at a higher rate than men.
Researchers stated that strokes and closed arteries were the leading causes of death, and women were more likely to die from both. Women also doubled the possibility of irregular heart rhythm and sudden heart arrest.
In the conditions studied, people with rheumatoid arthritis were at the highest risk of dying of heart problems.
The lead author of the study, Dr. Issam Motarek emphasized the need to raise awareness. “There is a common belief that people with autoimmune diseases mainly die of infection or kidney problems. But our findings suggest that one third of these patients die of heart disease in patients.”
Doctors recommend early and regular screening for heart disease risk factors in patients diagnosed with autoimmune diseases. Management of cholesterol, blood pressure, diet and physical activity is necessary in reducing heart related risks.
This study especially highlights the urgent need for better heart health monitoring and treatment for women with autoimmune conditions.
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