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Number of years spent in obesity may up heart damage risk

The findings showed that for each 10 years that a person spends being obese, the risk of having high levels of troponin — a protein linked with heart damage — increased 1.25 times.

The longer a person spends being obese, the higher is the risk of a “silent” heart damage, finds a study, which says “the number of overweight or obese years may “add up” to the risk.

The findings showed that for each 10 years that a person spends being obese, the risk of having high levels of troponin — a protein linked with heart damage — increased 1.25 times, even when accounting for heart disease risk due to high blood pressure, diabetes and kidney disease.

Troponin is released when the heart muscle has been damaged. The more damage there is to the heart, the greater will be the amount of troponin in the blood.

Thus, maintaining a healthy weight across the lifespan is important for keeping the heart healthy and minimising damage as people age, the researchers said.

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