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(Medical-NewsWire.com, November 15, 2012 ) Avon, CT- A new study has found that people who look older have a higher chance of developing heart disease than younger-looking people who are the same age. Indicators of ‘looking older’ include: Receding hairlines, bald heads, creases on the forehead and near the earlobes. This study, doctors say, mark the differences between chronological and biological aging.
The research, which began in 1976, involved 11,000 Danish people. At the beginning of the study, researchers documented the participants’ appearances, observing and tallying attributes such as crow's feet, wrinkles and other signs of age. In the next 35 years, 3,400 participants developed heart disease (clogged arteries) and 1,700 suffered a heart attack.
Dr. Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen, who led the study, of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark stated, "Looking old for your age marks poor cardiovascular health.” She gave results from the study this Tuesday at an American Heart Association conference in Los Angeles.
There is some solace, however, as wrinkles that appear elsewhere on the face, as well as grey hair, seem like regular consequences of aging. Neither aging effects correlated with life-threatening heart risks.
The study showed that the risk of health problems increased with each additional sign of aging. Even after taking into account other important factors such as family history of heart disease, among both male and female participants, this was true at all ages. Participants with three to four of these aforementioned aging signs had a 57% higher risk for heart attacks.
Compared to people with none of these signs, they also had a 39% greater risk for heart disease.
Researched found that having yellowish eyelid bumps. linked to cholesterol buildup, were cause for the most concern. Baldness in men has been tied to heart risk, as it is an indicator of imbalance in testosterone levels. Researchers have not determined the link of earlobe creases, but speculate it could be linked to hear risk.
Dr. Kathy Magliato, who is a heart surgeon at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, stated that doctors need to pay more attention to health signs that literally begin in the face. "We're so rushed to put on a blood pressure cuff or put a stethoscope on the chest.” This, as she noted, leads to ignoring more visible signs of risk.
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