Miscarriages increases heart attack risk
Women with more than three spontaneous miscarriages are five times more likely to suffer a heart attack later on in life, a new study suggests.
According to the study published in Heart, each miscarriage increases the risk of developing heart attack by 40 percent.
Having more than two miscarriages increases the heart attack risk by more than fourfold. The risk is reported to be increased by nine folds in women with more than three miscarriages.
There was no significant association between any type of pregnancy loss and stroke, said Elham Kharazmi of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Germany.
A five-fold increase in the risk, however, does not mean that a woman who suffers multiple miscarriages is very likely to have a heart attack, the study found.
"Recurrent miscarriage and stillbirth are strong gender predictors for [this] and thus should be considered as important indicators for monitoring cardiovascular risk factors and preventive measures,” Kharazmi said.
Further researches are needed to determine the underlying risk factors linked to pregnancy loss and cardiovascular disease, the researchers noted.
Source: presstv.ir
