Scientists from Jiao Tong University have concluded that drinking coffee with existing hypertension increases the risk of vascular accidents such as stroke and heart attack.
< br>Chinese researchers have found a link between coffee intake and the susceptibility of hypertensive patients to heart attack or stroke. They found that people with hypertension who drink coffee have an increased risk of calcification of the abdominal aorta, in which calcium salts are intensively deposited in its tissues. Calcification deprives the aorta of elasticity, it expands poorly, becomes more fragile and prone to damage. Its vulnerability affects the predisposition to stroke and heart attack.
According to the journal Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, which described the work of scientists, they examined more than 2,500 people. Experts stated that people who drank a lot of coffee, as well as hypertensive patients, became prone to the occurrence of abdominal aortic calcification.
Genes and diastolic blood pressure affect the risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm
“The risk of severe calcification increased up to 70 percent in the presence of arterial hypertension.
Researchers also suggested that coffee can cause a sharp jump in blood pressure, weaken endothelial function, and provoke sleep disturbance.
Abdominal aortic aneurysms
Earlier, MedikForum.ru wrote that women over 40 years of age should consume calcium-rich foods.
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