High-risk HPV infection can cause cardiovascular disease

While human papillomavirus (HPV) have been linked to cancer, infection with high-risk strains of the virus might also increase the fear of cardiovascular disease (CVD), especially among women with obesity or other cardiovascular problems.

By: Agencies | | Updated: February 10, 2019 5:02 pm

High-Risk HPV Infection Raises can lead to Cardiovascular Disease. © Shutterstock

Certain strains of HPV are considered high risk because they can increase the probability of vaginal, vulvar, penile, mouth, throat and cervical cancers.

“A better understanding of high-risk HPV as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and possible combined effects of high-risk HPV, obesity and metabolic syndrome in increasing cardiovascular disease risk may help improve preventive strategies and patient outcomes,” said Seungho Ryu, Professor at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea.

Further studies are required to identify specific high-risk HPV genotypes that may contribute to cardiovascular disease and to examine whether vaccine strategies to reduce high-risk HPV infection for cancer prevention may also help reduce CVD, suggested the study.

For the study, researchers included 63,411 women aged 30 or older without CVD.

Source: IANS

Published : February 10, 2019 9:33 am | Updated:February 10, 2019 5:02 pm

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