|| Recent Study: Obesity may cause sudden cardiac arrest in young people

A recent study found that obesity and high blood pressure may play a role in increasing the risk of heart failure in young people more than previously thought.

According to the researchers, the results of the study confirm the importance of investigating these two factors in young people.

"An investigation of these two factors could help reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease in adults," says lead author Dr. Sumit Shog, assistant director of the Cedarz Heart Institute in Los Angeles.

According to researchers, cardiac arrest is caused by weakness in cardiac activity, which differs from the heart attack, which results from the blockage of one of the heart arteries. Heart failure occurs abruptly and may not be accompanied by previous symptoms or warning signs, often leading to death.

The researchers analyzed data on 3,800 heart failure deaths in patients in Oregon, with a focus on the 5-34 age group. Despite the media focus on cardiac arrest patients who play basketball during the game, the study found that a small percentage of patients with heart failure were exercising when the condition.

But they found other factors associated with heart failure, such as obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, diabetes and smoking, increased the risk of heart failure by 60 percent.

According to Shog, this study, which has lasted more than 10 years, helps to better understand the cardiac arrest of young people.

"One of the most important findings of the study is that the risk of obesity is more likely to be obese than previously thought," Schog says. "This factor and other factors should be investigated in children during regular medical examinations."

The results of the study were recently published in Circulation.

Health Day News, Robert Bredt