Running Speed Can ​​Measuring Risk for Heart Disease

For those who enjoy jogging or jog, there is an easy way to predict the risk of heart disease in the next 10 years. As long as they have traveled 1.6 miles in less than 10 minutes, less likely to be troubled heart.

In the world of sports, a distance of 1.6 km or 1 mile is equivalent to 4 times the length of the track at the athletic field. This distance is the standard often used to test physical endurance, both among athletes and military institutions.

A study at UT Southwestern Medical Center revealed, a distance of 1.6 km is also able to predict the risk of stroke and heart attack, especially in middle-aged men. The faster travel time at that distance, the smaller the risk of heart disease in the next 10 years.

In that study, the experts studied 11,000 men who underwent physical tests at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas between the years 1970-1990. Of these, 1106 participants died before 2006 due to stroke and heart attack.

After analyzing and adjusting the data with a variety of other factors, the researchers concluded that the travel time while running affects the risk of developing heart problems.
 His influence is most visible in the middle-aged men between 45-55 years.

For example at age 55, men who took more than 15 minutes to run as far as 1.6 km risk for heart disease within the next 10 years to reach 30 percent. While the man who only took less than 8 minutes, the risk is less than 10 percent.

Learn more, the size of the risk of stroke and heart attack based on travel time when running the following as quoted from dailymail Friday (20/05/2011).

Travel Time	Risk Age 45 years	Risk Age 55 years	Risk Age 65 years
More than 10 minutes	12,2 %	19,6 %	12,2 %
More than 8  minutes	3,4 %	4,9 %	5,6 %

Meanwhile in a separate study published in the journal Circulation, the link travel time while running the risk of heart disease is not found in middle-aged women. Therefore, the above table only applies to men.

'The risk of heart attack in women aged 50 years and under very small. But when the get older, the risk increased dramatically although it can be resisted in various ways, including a healthy diet and exercise more, 'said one researcher, Dr. Jarett Berry.