People who work more than the standard 35-40 hours per week term of significantly higher risk of stroke, according to a study.
The study of more than 600,000 people found that people work longer, their chances of a stroke.
Working 55 hours or more per week is linked to a 33 percent higher risk of stroke and a more modest 13 percent the risk of developing coronary heart disease compared with the work for the standard seven to eight hours in a five-day week, the results showed.
"Health professionals should be aware that working long hours is associated with a significantly increased risk of stroke, and also perhaps coronary heart disease," said one researcher Mika Kivimaki, professor of epidemiology at the 'College, University of London.
The study published in the journal Lancet found that compared with people who worked regular hours, those who work between 41 and 48 hours had a risk 10 percent higher for stroke, and those working 49-54 hours had an increase of 27 percent the risk of stroke.
Researchers did a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished data at the individual level on the effects of long working hours on cardiovascular disease until 20 August 2014.
The study involved 603.838 men and women of Europe, the US and Australia.
Although the causal mechanisms of these relationships must be better understood, the authors suggest that the increase in risk behaviors, such as physical inactivity and heavy drinking, and the repetitive trigger the stress response , may increase the risk of stroke.
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