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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
XIAMEN, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) — The cardioprotective effect of exercise in the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease may be significantly greater in women than in men, a study has found.
These results were recently published in the international journal Nature Cardiovascular Research.
The study was jointly presented by a team led by Professor Wang Yan and senior researcher Chen Jiajing from Xiamen Heart Hospital, Xiamen University and Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Using wearable device data from 85,000 participants, a research team systematically analyzed gender differences in the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease through exercise. They found that women require only 250 minutes of exercise per week to reduce their risk of coronary heart disease by 30%, while men require 530 minutes. These data indicate that men need to exercise twice as long as women to achieve the same cardiovascular benefits.
Further analysis showed that among people diagnosed with coronary heart disease, women who exercised 51 minutes a week reduced their risk of death by 30 percent, while men needed 85 minutes to achieve the same result.
Coronary heart disease is a leading cause of death. Organizations such as the World Health Organization recommend that adults engage in at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week, or at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity, or an equivalent combination of both.
Because some current guidelines still use a “one-size-fits-all” standard of physical activity, experts hope the results of this new research project will guide efforts to prevent and treat different gender groups in the fight against coronary heart disease. -0-
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