Women
in middle or late life who use antibiotics on a long-term basis have a higher
risk for cardiovascular disease events. In a new research investigators
followed close to 36,500 female participants in the Nurses' Health Study (NSH)
who were free of CVD at baseline over an 8-year period.
After
adjustment for demographic, lifestyle, medical, and medication-related
covariates, they found that women 60 years or older who took antibiotics for 2
months or more had the greatest risk for CVD, but long-term use of antibiotics
was also associated with increased cardiovascular risk if taken by women at
midlife (40–59 years).
Lu
Qi, MD, PhD, MS, director of the Tulane University Obesity Research Center,
Tulane University, New Orleans said that longer duration of antibiotic use may
be linked to higher risk of CVD among women. The study was published online
April 24 in the European Heart Journal.
Comments:
The reason may be killing of the natural microbiome.
Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri
Awardee
President Elect Confederation of
Medical Associations in Asia and Oceania
(CMAAO)
Group
Editor-in-Chief IJCP Publications
President Heart
Care Foundation of India
Past National President
IMA
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