Mothers with Many Children Have Healthier Heart

News Health Articles - Mothers with Many Children Have Healthier Heart. the physiological changes a woman who experienced pregnancy can have beneficial effects on health. The more children they have, the further risk of heart disease and stroke.

The study, conducted the University of California, San Diego show mothers who have children 4 or more have likely died of stroke and heart smaller.

Research involving 1,300 women in California. Women who had four or more children have a third less likelihood of heart disease. Most of the effect comes from the prevention of stroke, because the mother of a large family of nearly 50 percent less likely to die from a stroke.



"In conclusion, women in this study have an increased risk of death from heart disease and lower blood vessel if it has more than four children. The relationship was strongest for deaths from coronary heart disease," said the researcher, Jacoobs Marni from the University of California, San Diego .

The mechanism causing this reduction in risk is unknown. Apparently, the high fertility of women describe a healthy, circulating hormones estrogen or other hormones that more and more time will increase the strength of blood vessels during pregnancy. Or, it could be due to social support from a larger family.

One theory that may be filed is protected by the female hormones until menopause. This study shows that the number of pregnancies a woman can also have a positive effect on the risk of heart and vascular disease in later life.

"The physiological changes a woman who experienced pregnancy can have beneficial effects on health," said Dr.. Bradley Van Voorhis, President of the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility seeprti reported by The Telegraph, Wednesday (30/11/2011).