{"id":8366,"date":"2025-08-17T21:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T18:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=8366"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T18:10:14","slug":"being-stalked-may-threaten-heart-health-in-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/being-stalked-may-threaten-heart-health-in-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Stalked May Threaten Heart Health in Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Being Stalked May Threaten Heart Health in Women<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Source: Circulation (Published online August 11, 2025)<\/div>\n<div>Author: Rebecca B. Lawn, PhD \u2013 Harvard T.H.,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span> 1. Study Population<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Over 66,000 U.S. female nurses (mean baseline age: 46.3 years) were studied.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Follow-up lasted a median of 19.9 years.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 2. Exposure<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 11.7% of women (about 1 in 9) reported experiencing stalking.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 5.6% of women (about 1 in 18) reported obtaining a restraining order, indicating more severe or repeated abuse that required legal intervention.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 3. Outcomes<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) included fatal\/nonfatal myocardial infarction or stroke.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 2.8% developed CVD; 1.5% of these cases were confirmed by medical record review.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 4. Key Findings<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Women who experienced stalking had a 41% higher risk of CVD (aHR 1.41; 95% CI, 1.24\u20131.60).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Women who obtained a restraining order had a 70% higher risk of CVD (aHR 1.70; 95% CI, 1.44\u20131.98).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Confirmed (adjudicated) cases showed similar elevated risks.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 5. Interpretation<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Stalking and related trauma may have long-term cardiovascular effects.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Restraining orders, while protective, may also reflect more severe histories of abuse linked to higher CVD risk.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 6. Clinical Implication<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Restraining orders can serve as a signal for healthcare providers to identify at-risk women.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Beyond traditional risk factors, understanding women\u2019s life experiences is crucial in evaluating cardiovascular risk.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being Stalked May Threaten Heart Health in Women Source: Circulation (Published online August 11, 2025) Author: Rebecca B. Lawn, PhD \u2013 Harvard T.H., 1. Study Population \u2022 Over 66,000 U.S. female nurses (mean baseline age: 46.3 years) were studied. \u2022 Follow-up lasted a median of 19.9 years. 2. Exposure \u2022 11.7% of women (about 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8366","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\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8367,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8366\/revisions\/8367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}