{"id":7487,"date":"2025-06-25T17:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=7487"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:20:59","slug":"modifying-56-risk-factors-may-prevent-up-to-63-of-sudden-cardiac-arrests-sca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/modifying-56-risk-factors-may-prevent-up-to-63-of-sudden-cardiac-arrests-sca\/","title":{"rendered":"Modifying 56 Risk Factors May Prevent up to 63% of Sudden Cardiac Arrests (SCA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Modifying 56 Risk Factors May Prevent up to 63% of Sudden Cardiac Arrests (SCA)<\/div>\n<div>Scientific Summary:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology, summarized by Medscape<\/div>\n<div>Date: June 4, 2025<\/div>\n<div>Author: Liz Scherer<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span> 1. Background<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is fatal in 90% of cases.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 While traditional prevention efforts focus on clinical risk factors (e.g., diabetes, obesity), this study highlights nonclinical and modifiable lifestyle factors.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 2. Study Design<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Data from 500,000+ participants in the UK Biobank were analyzed (average age 56.5 years, over 14 years follow-up).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 3. Main Findings<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 56 nonclinical risk factors were significantly associated with SCA.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Eliminating all 56 could prevent up to 63% of SCA cases.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Conservatively targeting the riskiest factors could prevent ~40%.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 4. Risk Factor Domains and Impact Contribution<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Lifestyle (13%): physical activity, sleep, diet, smoking<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Physical Measures (9%): BMI, weight, lung function<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Socioeconomic Status (8%): employment, education<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Psychosocial Factors (5%): mood, stress, job satisfaction<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Environment (5%)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 5. Most Protective Factors<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Fruit consumption<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Time spent using a computer<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 6. Most Harmful Factors<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Feelings of frustration (\u201cfed-up\u201d)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 High arm fat mass and arm fat percentage<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 High BMI, systolic blood pressure, and low education<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 7. Caveats and Limitations<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Data mostly from older white adults \u2192 limited generalizability<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Self-reported information and potential biases<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Need for more research on unexpected findings (e.g., alcohol, screen time)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 8. Clinical Implications<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Reinforces American Heart Association\u2019s Life\u2019s Essential 8<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Highlights the need for proactive lifestyle discussions in clinical care<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Calls for a shift in practice from reactive treatment to preventive focus<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/click.mail.medscape.com\/?qs=03d5400cca51f8b25996950916f597469ce24bd8d01a5c55ddbb78a542f939f0b591df637301b8b7676c528ef49c34124aac3411949573b35c8a891490792709\">https:\/\/click.mail.medscape.com\/?qs=03d5400cca51f8b25996950916f597469ce24bd8d01a5c55ddbb78a542f939f0b591df637301b8b7676c528ef49c34124aac3411949573b35c8a891490792709<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modifying 56 Risk Factors May Prevent up to 63% of Sudden Cardiac Arrests (SCA) Scientific Summary: Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology, summarized by Medscape Date: June 4, 2025 Author: Liz Scherer 1. Background \u2022 Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is fatal in 90% of cases. \u2022 While traditional prevention efforts focus on clinical risk factors (e.g., [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7487"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7495,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487\/revisions\/7495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}