The American Heart Association released the results of the first study to show the adverse effects of secondhand smoke on peripheral artery disease in women. Women exposed to second hand smoke at home or in the work place had a 67 percent increased risk of PAD compared to women who where not exposed. The researchers examined 1,209 Chinese women 60 years of age or older who never smoked. Secondary smoke exposure increased coronary heart disease by 69 percent and ischemic stroke by 56 percent.
The study defined secondhand smoke exposure as exposure to smoke for at least 15 minutes daily more than one day a week for at least two years in the last ten years.Amoung the women in the study there where 271 cases of PAD, 431 cases of coronary heart disease, and 172 cases of stroke, 109 were ischemic stroke.
These findings were published in the journal Circulation.
The American Heart Association released the results of the first study to show the adverse effects of secondhand smoke on peripheral artery disease in women. Women exposed to second hand smoke at home or in the work place had a 67 percent increased risk of PAD compared to women who where not exposed. The researchers examined 1,209 Chinese women 60 years of age or older who never smoked. Secondary smoke exposure increased coronary heart disease by 69 percent and ischemic stroke by 56 percent.
The study defined secondhand smoke exposure as exposure to smoke for at least 15 minutes daily more than one day a week for at least two years in the last ten years.Amoung the women in the study there where 271 cases of PAD, 431 cases of coronary heart disease, and 172 cases of stroke, 109 were ischemic stroke.
These findings were published in the journal Circulation.