Bashful people threatened with a heart attack

It turns out that qualities such as timidity and shyness, are most often found in people who have heart problems. Scientists from the US have found that the risk of a heart attack to get to them is particularly high.

As demonstrated by the 30-year follow-up, which led experts Chicago Northwestern University, the probability of dying from a heart attack may rise significantly in the case, if a man is too shy. In most timid risk of becoming a victim of a heart attack increases by 50% or more.

It is significant that even the presence of bad habits do not balance their owners with shy people. After taking into account such provocateurs heart attack, such as smoking, age, obesity, alcohol abuse, shy and timid still in the lead in the risk of heart disease. Total researchers examined medical records and character more than 2 thousand volunteers of the experiment, 60% of whom died in a long study.

According to experts, shy people are more prone to stress. In addition, the researchers believe that a person's character a certain influence on the part of the brain that is responsible for performing cardiac function.

Psychology

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