中老年人多蒸桑拿 有助降低心血管病死亡風險大綱
A study conducted by researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Jyvaskyla has shown that frequent sauna bathing can lower the risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in middle aged and elderly people.
東芬蘭大學和于韋斯屈萊大學的科研人員進行的一項研究表明，經常蒸桑拿可以降低中老年人心血管疾病(CVD)死亡的風險。The research, which has recently been published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, found that the mortality from CVD among people taking sauna four to seven times a week is 73 percent lower than those using sauna once a week, according to the press release issued by the University of Eastern Finland.
根據東芬蘭大學發佈的新聞稿，這項最新研究發表在開源期刊《BMC Medicine》上，與每週僅蒸桑拿1次的人相比，每週蒸桑拿4至7次的人因心血管病死亡的風險低73%。The findings were based on self-reported questionnaire and death cases from cardiovascular causes recorded in documents of death. A total of 1,688 people living in eastern Finland were involved in the research.
該研究結果基於問卷調查以及醫院記錄的心血管疾病死亡病例，總共涉及1688名生活在芬蘭東部的人。
At the beginning of the study, the average age of the participants was 63 years old.
研究剛開始時，參與調查者的平均年齡爲63歲。Among them, 51.4 percent were woman and 49.5 percent were man. Data for the study were collected between 1998 and 2015.
其中女性佔51.4%，男性佔49.5%。研究數據收集於1998年至2015年之間。The long-term study found the number of cases of CVD mortality decreased as the length of time spent in the sauna per week increased.
這一長期研究發現，心血管疾病死亡率隨着每週蒸桑拿時間的增加而降低。For those who spent over 45 minutes per week in a sauna, the number of cases was 5.1 per 1,000 person years, while the number was 9.6 for those who spent less than 15 minutes in the sauna per week.
對於每週蒸桑拿超過45分鐘的人來說，死亡率爲千分之5.1，而每週蒸桑拿不足15分鐘的人，死亡率爲千分之9.6。
