If you are healthy woman with no history of heart disease or stroke, but carrying high level of cholesterol then you can be at higher risk of a stroke. This fact leaped out from a study conducted by researchers, which tracked more than 27,000 women. Interestingly, the women included in this study were health care professionals who were at least age 45, with no history of cardiovascular disease, cancer, or other major illness.
Bring out the essence of this research study author Tobias Kurth said:
Our findings show otherwise healthy women with high cholesterol were more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke compared to healthy women with lower cholesterol levels.
This finding is an eye-opener for those who don’t easily accept the view that high level of cholesterol may add to their susceptibility of heart attack. Secondly, it polishes out the importance of healthy lifestyle to keep a check on increasing cholesterol level.
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Via: Science Daily
