Future babies of women with healthy lifestyles are protected from coronary heart disease for a longer period of time than others.
Research published in the medical journal European Journal of Preventive Cardiology states that mothers are the real protectors of their children's future health, and that their lifestyle is consistent with their child's future. In the past, research reports have shown that parents influence the health of their unborn children through genes and lifestyles. This is the first study to examine the extent to which a parent's heart health is linked to future children. For this purpose, men and women were examined separately.
The study looked at 1989 women, 1989 men and 1989 future babies. At the time of the study, the average age of these children was 32 years, and then their health was monitored from 1971 to 2017 to determine the risk of coronary heart disease.
According to the researchers, most of these children were screened at puberty, many of whom suffered heart attacks and strokes. According to the researchers, the heart health of mothers and fathers was determined by 7 factors and these factors include avoiding smoking, healthy diet, physical activity, healthy body weight, blood pressure, blood cholesterol and blood glucose. Includes keeping stable. They are categorized into 3 categories, a defect consisting of zero to 2 elements, an average of 3 to 4 elements, and an ideal 5 to 7 elements. Researchers analyzed the relationship between parents' heart health and the age of coronary heart disease in their unborn children, in the form of mother-daughter, mother-son, father-daughter and father-son pairs. Analyzed. The researchers found that children of mothers with an ideal lifestyle for coronary artery disease were on average 9 years older than children of women with poor lifestyle. That is, if heart disease appears in the children of mothers with poor lifestyle at the age of 50, then in the second group it will be 59 years. In fact, researchers say that a mother's unhealthy lifestyle doubles the risk of heart disease in children. In contrast, a father's heart health does not have a significant effect on children's heart disease. Researchers say that maternal health during pregnancy and lifestyle during adolescence have a positive effect on children's health. He said that sons are more affected by harmful mother's lifestyle than daughters. "Such people can reduce the risk with exercise and a healthy diet, but if they don't, the risk is multiplied," he said.
