Job stress may cause stroke in workers, new study finds
Workers who are overworked and stressed are most likely to suffer from a stroke called Ischemic stroke.
Ischemic strokes happen when the brain doesn’t get enough oxygen – when, for example, the arteries are clogged.
Previous studies found a correlation between job stress and heart diseases, but not necessarily to stroke.
“Previous studies on the association between job strain and stroke have showed mixed results, with some studies showing an association and others not,” lead author Eleonor I. Fransson of the School of Health Sciences at Jönköping University in Sweden said.
In general, out of every 100,000 people in Europe, each year 115 men and 75 women have an ischemic stroke, earlier research has shown.
In the new study, the risk of ischemic stroke was about 24 percent higher for people in the job strain group than for the others.
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