Using genetic data from over 100,000 women worldwide, researchers determined that a variety of reproductive factors were associated with higher risk for atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke.
Women whose genetics predicted a lower age the first time they gave birth had 1.49 times the odds of coronary artery disease than those without those gene variations, and 1.25 times the odds of stroke. And women whose genetics predicted more than two live births had 2.91 times the odds of atrial fibrillation than their counterparts.But the data also showed that women can modify the risks.
Women can’t control their genetics — and researchers say there’s no need to worry if you got your period or had your first child at a young age. Rather, they say, the research adds sex-specific factors to the list of variables that doctors should consider. It also means that the risk factors that can be modified, such as BMI and cholesterol, should be better monitored.
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