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Article: Asthma sufferers have increased risk of heart disease, study finds
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- March 3, 2001
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SAN ANTONIO - Asthma sufferers appear to be unusually prone to
heart disease, a study found, offering new clues about the hazards
of lingering inflammation. Other research has linked asthma with
heart trouble, but those studies did not clearly distinguish the
effect of smoking, which contributes to both asthma and
cardiovascular disease.
In the new study, doctors from the Kaiser Permanente health plan
found that even nonsmokers have a clearly elevated risk of heart
disease. It appears to be at least one-third higher than the risk in
people without asthma.
The reason for this is unclear. The researchers speculate that
asthmatics' chronic lung inflammation might damage their arteries
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