Sedentary lifestyle can cause lung blood clots

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Sedentary lifestyle can cause lung blood clots

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Lying for long stretches outside of work doubles the risk of dangerous blood clots in the lungs.

05 July,2011 12:41 pm

According to a new study lying for long stretches outside of work doubles the risk of dangerous blood clots in the lungs.Previous researches have suggested a number of reasons for this condition including age, immobility on long-haul flights, obesity, smoking and hypertension. The new research suggests that a sedentary lifestyle can be added to the list. Women who spend more than 41 hours a week sitting down outside the workplace are at double the risk of having lung blood clots as compared to those who were seated for less than 10 hours per week.The research needs to be expanded more as it fails to suggest if younger women would be subject to the same risks and if the results also apply to men, and to people not of European origin.