Cervical cancer-inducing virus strain can cause cardiovascular disease
- 5 years ago
Local scientists have recently discovered a link between some strains of H-P-V and cardiovascular disease in women.
Their study also shows the disease has a high correlation with obesity.
Cho Sung-min reports.
New studies show that strains of HPV, short for human papillommavirus, may raise the risk of cardiovascular disease.
It was recently discovered by local researchers at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital,... who carried out a study on sixty-three-thousand females over the age of 30... over a five-year period.
Their study was published in Circulation Research, a journal of the American Heart Association.
Known as the most common sexually-transmitted virus,... HPV strains have been discovered as the main contributor of cardiovascular disease... for more than twenty percent of all South Koreans who have been diagnosed.
The team says this is quite an unexpected finding... since cardiovascular disease is known to have been caused predominantly by other widely-known factors... including smoking, high-blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
"The study revealed for the first time, that the high risk strain of HPV is responsible for causing cardiovascular disease."
The study suggests that those who have contracted HPV... can succumb to cardiovascular disease when they are diagnosed with immune disorders or metabolic syndromes.
When that happens, the virus strains can penetrate inside their blood vessels.
Researchers also said there is a high correlation between obesity and the disease.
According to the study,... when obese women are infected with the HPV strain, their chances of getting cardiovascular disease can go up by more than seventy percent,... compared to healthier women.
Doctors say there is another serious problem that obese women have to face when they are diagnosed with the cardiovascular disease.
"Women who are overweight seem to lack self-healing abilities, as they suffer from cardiovascular disease for much longer than average patients."
The team says their next goal is to look closer into the correlation between obesity and the disease... and search for medical solutions to prevent women from being infected with the strain.
Cho Sung-min, Arirang News.
Their study also shows the disease has a high correlation with obesity.
Cho Sung-min reports.
New studies show that strains of HPV, short for human papillommavirus, may raise the risk of cardiovascular disease.
It was recently discovered by local researchers at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital,... who carried out a study on sixty-three-thousand females over the age of 30... over a five-year period.
Their study was published in Circulation Research, a journal of the American Heart Association.
Known as the most common sexually-transmitted virus,... HPV strains have been discovered as the main contributor of cardiovascular disease... for more than twenty percent of all South Koreans who have been diagnosed.
The team says this is quite an unexpected finding... since cardiovascular disease is known to have been caused predominantly by other widely-known factors... including smoking, high-blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
"The study revealed for the first time, that the high risk strain of HPV is responsible for causing cardiovascular disease."
The study suggests that those who have contracted HPV... can succumb to cardiovascular disease when they are diagnosed with immune disorders or metabolic syndromes.
When that happens, the virus strains can penetrate inside their blood vessels.
Researchers also said there is a high correlation between obesity and the disease.
According to the study,... when obese women are infected with the HPV strain, their chances of getting cardiovascular disease can go up by more than seventy percent,... compared to healthier women.
Doctors say there is another serious problem that obese women have to face when they are diagnosed with the cardiovascular disease.
"Women who are overweight seem to lack self-healing abilities, as they suffer from cardiovascular disease for much longer than average patients."
The team says their next goal is to look closer into the correlation between obesity and the disease... and search for medical solutions to prevent women from being infected with the strain.
Cho Sung-min, Arirang News.