Ikhofi ingesinye seziphuzo ezisetshenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni, futhi samukelwa kahle kakhulu kubasubathi kanye nabantu abanakekela indlela yabo yokuphila. Ukusetshenziswa kwayo kuye kwaxhunyaniswa izikhathi eziningana ngengozi ephansi yohlobo lwesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2 nesifo senhliziyo, nakuba manje, un ukutadisha ingeze inzuzo entsha: ingavimbela ukuwa kubantu abadala asebekhulile.
Ikhofi lingaba umsizi wabantu abadala
Ucwaningo lunesisindo esikhulu engxenyeni ye-Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), i-Health Research Institute yaseLa Paz University Hospital (IdiPAZ), i-Biomedical Research Consortium ku-Epidemiology and Public Health Network kanye ne-Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies. Ekudleni. Imiphumela ibonisa ukuthi ukuphuza ikhofi kwakuhlotshaniswa nengozi ephansi yokuwa kubahlanganyeli be-Seniors-ENRICA (Estudio de Nutrición y Riesgo Cardiovascular en España) kanye ne-UK Biobank (United Kingdom).
Ukuwa kuvame kakhulu kubantu asebekhulile, futhi kungenye yezimbangela eziphambili zokulimala, ukukhubazeka, nokufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi. «Le miphumela ibonisa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwekhofi akubangeli ingozi yokwehla kulesi sibalo.«, kusho uMarcos D. Machado-Fragua, umbhali wocwaningo.
Ucwaningo Abantu abadala-ENRICA Yaqala ngo-2008-2010 ngabantu baseSpain abangaba ngu-3.290 abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-60 abavela ezweni lonke. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, isifundo I-UK Biobank Yaqala ngo-2006-2010 ngokubamba iqhaza kwabahlanganyeli abangu-81.720, nabangaphezu kweminyaka engama-60 ubudala futhi bevela kulo lonke elase-United Kingdom.
Zombili izifundo ziqoqe ulwazi lwe-sociodemographic; yezindlela zokuphila, isimo sempilo kanye nokuxilongwa kwezifo, kanye namasampula egazi nomchamo. Babe sebelandelwa iminyaka engu-7 eyalandela. «Ekugcineni, sibonile ukuthi ababambiqhaza abadle ikhofi eliphelele nekhofi eline-caffeine babe nengozi ephansi yokuwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ocwaningweni lwabadala-ENRICA kuphinde kwaphawulwa ukuthi abahlanganyeli ababene-caffeine ephakeme kakhulu babe nengozi ephansi yokuwa nemiphumela ethambile yomzimba", kuphawula u-Esther Lopez-Garcia, umbhali ngokubambisana wocwaningo.
Ababhali bayakwazisa ukuthi «Nakuba imiphumela ivumelana kulezi zibalo ezimbili zabantu abanezindlela zokuphila ezihlukene kanye nezici ze-sociodemographic, ucwaningo olwengeziwe luyadingeka ukuze kuqinisekiswe lezi zinhlangano kwezinye imiphakathi kanye nokuthola ukuthi yiziphi izingxenye zekhofi ezinesibopho sokuhlangana okubhekiwe.«. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi ukuphuza ikhofi kungaba yinzuzo futhi kuphephe kubantu asebekhulile, kodwa kuzodingeka iseluleko somuntu siqu ngokuthi kufanele bathathe malini ukuze bangezi ezinye izinkinga zempilo.