Stroke risk a third higher for women in stressful jobs: Pressure linked to heart problems, unhealthy eating and higher blood pressure that can raise chance

Women in highly stressful jobs are a third more likely to have stroke than those in ordinary work, researchers have found.

And employees of both sexes who have to deal with high stress levels are at least 20 per cent more at risk.

The results emerged after analysis of earlier studies and researchers point out that those in stressful jobs tend to eat and drink less healthily and smoke more.

Stress itself has also been linked to heart problems, high blood pressure and other physical conditions which can raise the risk of stroke.

The analysis, published online by the journal Neurology, looked at all of the available research on job strain and stroke risk – six studies involving more than 138,000 participants who were followed for between three and 17 years.

‘Having a lot of job stress has been linked to heart disease, but studies on job stress and stroke have shown inconsistent results’, said researcher Dr Dingli Xu, of Southern Medical University in China.

‘It’s possible that high-stress jobs lead to more unhealthy behaviours, such as poor eating habits, smoking and a lack of exercise.’

Souce: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3273302/Stroke-risk-higher-women-stressful-jobs.html


glossary:
highly - altamente
stroke  - derrame
researchers - pesquisadores
both - ambos
earlier - mais cedo
tend - tendem
itself - se
raise - levantar
strain - tensão