Blood type is 8% associated with heart attack risk!

A heart attack is known as myocardial infarction, an emergency requiring imminent treatment. Even if a person survives a heart attack, a lack of blood in the heart can seriously harm the heart muscle.

Several factors can affect a person's risk of heart attack. In addition to lifestyle factors, the presence of other conditions such as diabetes can also affect a person's risk of heart attack. Researchers from the American Heart Association (AHA) recently said that a person's blood type can also have an effect.

Scientists from AHA say the presence of a non-O blood type increases a person's risk of a heart attack: A, B and AB.

Research has shown that those with these three blood types are eight per cent more likely to have a heart attack and 10 per cent higher risk of heart failure.

• Furthermore, people with blood type A or B were 50% more likely to develop deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

• two conditions associated with an increased risk of heart failure.

• In addition to blood type, mental health can also play a role in a person's likelihood of heart disease.

• This is according to a study also conducted by the American Heart Association.

Lead author Ozlem Kerichipasi said: "Previous research has shown that major depressive disorders and anxiety caused by prolonged severe stress have been associated with an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease. The risk of cardiovascular disease increases commensurate with the severity of depression. "

In order to establish this theory, researchers used mouse models to study the effect of chronic stress and depression.

"The main finding is that repeated stress and the physiological and behavioral effects of hostile reactions seem to prevent completely beneficial changes to the plaque that fat-lowering drugs should bring about," Kirkpasi added.

1. What this means is that the AHA study suggests that poor mental health can negate the effect of cholesterol-
2. lowering drugs such as statins.
3. However, since the research was carried out only on mice, more research is needed on humans in order to establish this relationship.

However, it highlights the impact of mental health on physical health.