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With the prevalence of new coronavirus infections (corona19), many stay home to maintain social distance. There are side effects as downtime increases. I can’t exercise and eat more, so I gain weight. That is why the new word “Chung-Jin-ja” is a popular word that makes a person defined. In fact, some surveys responded that 43% of men and women in their 20s and 50s gained weight. Sudden weight gain and abdominal obesity can negatively affect health. Studies have shown that middle-aged women can be more dangerous.
Cho Jun-Hwan, a professor of cardiovascular and arrhythmia at the Cardiovascular and Arrhythmia Center at Chungang University Hospital, surveyed 659 menopausal women over the age of 55 who underwent coronary angiography seeking a hospital with chest pain. Coronary artery disease was confirmed in 47.2% of surveyed subjects, including women with abdominal obesity with a waist circumference of 85 cm (33.5 inches) or more had a higher risk of coronary artery disease than those without obesity. Among obese obese women, 55.5% of patients with coronary arteries and 41.0% of those who did not.
Obesity disrupts the function of endothelial cells. Obesity increases inflammation and insulin resistance in the body, leading to coronary atherosclerosis. There is a high risk of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes. The same is true of various coronary artery diseases.
Professor Cho’s team compared the waist circumference of women with and without coronary artery disease. The average waist circumference of middle-aged women with coronary heart disease was 84.7 cm, but women without disease was 82.4 cm. This means that middle-aged women with abdominal obesity are at increased risk of developing coronary artery disease, such as angina and myocardial infarction. Even if you spend more time at home, you must work harder to control your weight.
The team also confirmed that there is a link between general obesity and coronary heart disease. Obesity is generally called when the body mass index (BMI), which is body weight divided by height squared, is 25 or more. The team measured obesity between women with and without coronary artery disease, but there was no difference. This means that more attention should be paid to abdominal obesity than simple obesity.
The researchers estimated that the results of this study may be related to hormones in the body. “The correlation between abdominal obesity and coronary artery disease in postmenopausal women is associated with reduced estrogen,” said Professor Cho.
Estrogen has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. It prevents the progression of arteriosclerosis and protects the cardiovascular system. Postmenopausal women reduce these estrogenic hormones. Due to this, visceral abdominal fat increases and arteriosclerosis or vascular dysfunction is likely to occur. Insulin resistance is high, and the risk of dyslipidemia is likely to be relatively high.
Many people say that as they got older, their arms and legs became thin and turned into a spider-like body with a convex belly. One of the signs of health threats is reduced muscle strength and increased fat. In general, everyone knows that gaining weight and obesity can lead to poor health. However, since BMI, which measures obesity, is simply a method of calculating body weight, it is difficult to determine how much muscle mass is in the body and how much fat it is. The abdominal obesity figure calculated through the waist circumference is a relatively accurate figure to determine the amount of fat in the body. Another study found that older people with abdominal obesity have a higher risk of dementia than those who don’t.
Professor Cho said: “If you spend more time at home due to social distance, the amount of activity will decrease considerably. I did it
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