| Young men should heed heart disease warning signs March 20, 2001 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even men in their 20s, 30s and 40s need to watch out for the risk factors for heart disease such as smoking, elevated cholesterol and high blood pressure, researchers report. Young men who had such risk factors were more likely than their peers to die of heart disease during a 20-year period, results of a study suggest. The study, published in the March 20th issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, included more than 11,000 men aged 18 to 39 and nearly 9,000 men aged 40 to 59. Both groups were monitored for risk factors associated with heart disease, including elevated cholesterol levels, weight, smoking history and high blood pressure. "Our findings strongly endorse the concept that (heart disease) risk factors in men 18 to 39 years of age have a powerful effect on long-term risk for death from coronary disease," the authors conclude. |
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