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Heart Fat Associated With Higher Risk of Heart Disease in Postmenopausal Women

by Shirley Johanna on January 31, 2017 at 5:58 PM
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The risk of heart disease increases with age, but for women, especially postmenopausal women, the risk for heart disease is linked to a greater volume of a type of fat that surrounds the heart, finds a study led by a research team at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. The risk of heart disease also increases with lower levels of estrogen in postmenopausal women.

‘Higher volume of a type of fat that surrounds the heart called as �paracardial fat� increases the risk of heart disease and lowers hormone levels in postmenopausal women.’

(http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/MyHeartandStrokeNews/Menopause-and-Heart-Disease_UCM_448432_Article.jsp)Source: Medindia

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