Having to endure three traumatic events could be all it takes for a woman to end up with heart disease, researchers have warned.
Car crashes, death of children, experiencing a natural disaster and being physically assaulted all raise the risk for postmenopausal women.
A new study has revealed such women had poorer endothelial function – a known risk factor of heart disease, the world’s leading killer.
This means blood struggles to pass through major arteries easily, and can lead to hypertension – high blood pressure, University of Pittsburgh scientists said.
Experts are now calling for the findings, dubbed ‘important’, to be used by doctors when assessing a woman’s risk of heart disease.
