A study by an Indian-origin scientist, states that women are prone to heart attack if their mothers had one. It also states that the women with a maternal stroke history are likely to have a stroke themselves.
Their research comprised of over 2,200 female patients who had suffered a stroke, heart attack or angina. The scientists conducting this research believed that women may be more at risk of inherited forms of heart disease than men, who acquire these through their habits such as drinking and smoking.
It showed that a larger proportion of the women’s mothers had suffered a stroke compared to their fathers. In another study with the same women, they found that the women had a greater risk of suffering a heart attack if their mothers had also had a heart attack at an early age.
Lead researcher Amitava Banerjee said, “Our study results point towards sex-specific heritability of vascular disease across different arterial territories – namely coronary and cerebral artery territories.”
According to him, existing tools to predict probability of heart attack ignore family history or include it simply as a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ question, without accounting for relevant details such as age, sex and type of disease in patients compared with their relatives.
According to this research team, family history is a more probable factor in determining future heart problems than obesity, blood pressure, heavy drinking or smoking. They believe that there is clearly room for improvement in predicting heart attack risk in women.
More questions about the family history of heart disease, including which relatives were affected and how old they were, should be asked by doctors when they are trying to predict the probability of a heart attack in a woman.
Their research comprised of over 2,200 female patients who had suffered a stroke, heart attack or angina. The scientists conducting this research believed that women may be more at risk of inherited forms of heart disease than men, who acquire these through their habits such as drinking and smoking.
It showed that a larger proportion of the women’s mothers had suffered a stroke compared to their fathers. In another study with the same women, they found that the women had a greater risk of suffering a heart attack if their mothers had also had a heart attack at an early age.
Lead researcher Amitava Banerjee said, “Our study results point towards sex-specific heritability of vascular disease across different arterial territories – namely coronary and cerebral artery territories.”
According to him, existing tools to predict probability of heart attack ignore family history or include it simply as a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ question, without accounting for relevant details such as age, sex and type of disease in patients compared with their relatives.
According to this research team, family history is a more probable factor in determining future heart problems than obesity, blood pressure, heavy drinking or smoking. They believe that there is clearly room for improvement in predicting heart attack risk in women.
More questions about the family history of heart disease, including which relatives were affected and how old they were, should be asked by doctors when they are trying to predict the probability of a heart attack in a woman.
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