According to researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Science, people living in rented apartments and private homes are at greater risk of death from cardiovascular disease than those who have their own apartments. The study was published in the BMJ Public Health magazine.
The analysis is based on a large container study with the participation of elderly Japanese residents. The average age of the participants was 73.6 years old. For six years, researchers have followed the type of housing and the house ownership of cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attack, stroke, heart failure and arrhythmia, death risk.
According to the data, the risk was higher with those who rented apartments, especially private houses. Researchers explain that one of these high risk is the design of those houses. Private houses in apartments are not surrounded by other areas, so they are less effective heat and are more sensitive to temperature fluctuations. This can affect blood pressure, especially in the elderly.
In previous studies in Japan showed that low room temperature increases blood pressure fluctuations, which is considered a cardiovascular risk factor.
It turned out that men are especially vulnerable. Researchers believe that this is due to the fact that old men tend to have a higher blood pressure than women of the same age.
Researchers mentioned poor quality of rented apartments as an additional risk factor. They explained that the rented apartments are less likely to be thermal insulated windows. According to national surveys, only 15% of such houses have double glazed or thermal insulated windows. For comparison, 38% of private houses have them. This is due to the fact that the hosts rarely invest in improvements that benefit only tenants.
Translation of: Euromedia24.com
