(PRINTWORDS NEWS) Smoking, an addiction, which is difficult to quit. The health experts have warned people about the dangers of smoking. Recently, the researchers of Harvard Medical School have revealed that the women, who smokes have chances to develop peripheral artery disease (PAD).
This study has also been reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday. Peripheral Artery Disease means narrowing or hardening of the arteries and it hampers blood flow to the legs.
The lead researcher of this study, Dr. David Conen of University Hospital Basel in Switzerland, in the press conference told that “cessation” of smoking reduces the risk of this disease. The researchers have found out that there was a gradual reduction of health risk with “an increased duration of smoking abstinence”.
Dr. David Conen also added that whole research highlighted the importance of discontinuance of smoking. Moreover, it has been reported that the smokers have a risk of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD) three times more than the non-smokers. The researchers studied about 38,825 women and came to a conclusion that the women who smokes are more likely to develop this disease than the non-smokers.
On the other hand, though cessation of smoking reduces the chances of health hazards yet the researchers found out that the women who had quit smoking 20 years ago has higher chances of developing this disease than the non-smokers
Dr. Aruna D. Pradhan, Harvard Medical School’s assistant professor of medicine and study researcher said that the study shows that smoking is causes health risk and it is one of the prominent reasons of peripheral artery disease in women who smokes.
However, the researchers said that this study did not include women, who might have suffered from peripheral artery disease but did not show any symptoms of this disease. Moreover, the participants in this research were mainly white women and hence it does not apply the whole population.
