Snow shoveling – another reason for heart attack in men!

New Delhi: Researchers have said that snow shoveling is another reason which can accelerate heart attack risk in men and they should take care while shoveling themselves out of snow.

"Up to now, there was a theoretical risk that snow shoveling can increase heart attack at a population level," said Nathalie Auger, assistant clinical professor at the University of Montreal in Canada.

"With this study, we are now more certain that snowfall is linked with heart attack in individuals," said Auger.

Auger and colleagues gathered reports of 128,073 hospital admissions and 68,155 deaths from heart attack in Quebec from November through April, every year between 1981 and 2014.

They also obtained weather information corresponding to the time frames and regions included in the study.

When they compared the medical and weather data, the researchers found that the most dangerous days occurred immediately following snowfalls.

About one third of hospital admissions and deaths due to heart attack occurred on these days, and the risk was even stronger after snowfalls that lasted two to three days.

(With PTI inputs)