The majority of patients with cardiac departments with heart attacks are middle-aged men. Heart attacks and brain hemorrhages (strokes), doctors say, occur against the background of atherosclerosis. Vessels clogged with "

Why exactly men are weaker in the fight against fatty deposits on the walls of blood vessels, the Norwegian scientists studied. They conducted large-scale monitoring of medical records of 110 thousand people. A blood test was taken from the study participants to determine the risk of developing pathologies due to high cholesterol.

The results showed that among female volunteers, about 150 cases of heart attack were recorded, while among the male monitoring audience - almost 550 cases. Moreover, the level of pathological cholesterol in all participants was relatively the same.

Scientists explain the protection of women from cholesterol by the fact that before menopause, the activity of atherosclerotic plaques neutralizes the hormone estrogen. Men, for whom this female hormone is not produced, become victims of cholesterol accumulated over the years already in middle age.. Doctors recommend that the stronger sex do not forget about the timely prevention and treatment of lipid metabolic disorders in the body.

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Novosad.

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