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Sat, Jul-22-06, 06:14
Hyperactive girls linked to heart trouble
HELSINKI, Finland, July 21 (UPI) -- Finnish researchers say they may be a link between hyperactive girls having heart problems later in life.
The study also found that children who are hyperactive, socially isolated and have other problems dealing with people are more likely to develop some heart-unhealthy habits later in life, according to the study of the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.
"We were hoping that life would not be that deterministic," said lead author Liisa Keltikangas-Jarvinen, a psychology researcher at the University of Helsinki. Children may become stressed by always hearing, "Don't do that, don't be that, don't be so restless, don't be so noisy."
Keltikangas-Jarvinen and colleagues analyzed a study of Finnish children whose emotional states were examined at ages 3 to 9 in the early 1980s. Researchers reconnected with the now-adult participants in 2001 and 2002 and used ultrasound to check the thickness of their arteries -- thick and clogged arteries contribute to heart disease.
Children who were hyperactive, isolated from other children and had "a tendency towards negative mood, low self-control and aggressive outbursts" were more likely to smoke as adults, while girls with those problems were also more likely to be overweight and have high blood pressure, says Keltikangas-Jarvinen.
http://www.upi.com/ConsumerHealthDaily/view.php?StoryID=20060721-051224-3249r
HELSINKI, Finland, July 21 (UPI) -- Finnish researchers say they may be a link between hyperactive girls having heart problems later in life.
The study also found that children who are hyperactive, socially isolated and have other problems dealing with people are more likely to develop some heart-unhealthy habits later in life, according to the study of the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.
"We were hoping that life would not be that deterministic," said lead author Liisa Keltikangas-Jarvinen, a psychology researcher at the University of Helsinki. Children may become stressed by always hearing, "Don't do that, don't be that, don't be so restless, don't be so noisy."
Keltikangas-Jarvinen and colleagues analyzed a study of Finnish children whose emotional states were examined at ages 3 to 9 in the early 1980s. Researchers reconnected with the now-adult participants in 2001 and 2002 and used ultrasound to check the thickness of their arteries -- thick and clogged arteries contribute to heart disease.
Children who were hyperactive, isolated from other children and had "a tendency towards negative mood, low self-control and aggressive outbursts" were more likely to smoke as adults, while girls with those problems were also more likely to be overweight and have high blood pressure, says Keltikangas-Jarvinen.
http://www.upi.com/ConsumerHealthDaily/view.php?StoryID=20060721-051224-3249r