Women naturally have a longer life span than men due to their genetic makeup, Dr. Hussaini Munir, a cardiologist with the State House Medical Centre, has said.
Munir said this in a paper entitled: ‘Sudden Death in Athletes’, as part of activities to mark the World Physical Therapy Day in Abuja on Friday.
He said: “Men generally are more exposed to dangers than women.
“There are more men involved in physical activities than women.
“So if you follow the statistics, you will discover that men are more in number in terms of dying suddenly during exercise than women.
“Genetically, women have more viral and stress-resistant gene than men, which are resistant to diseases, more resistant to causes of death than men.
“We discover, based on studies, that the commonest cause of sudden death is due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
“The second one is pulmonary artery heart disease.
“And all these can easily be seen on simple resting ECG.
“It is not expensive and available in most hospitals and it doesn’t take long and it is non evasive.
“It does not require any injection or anything.
“Within a few seconds, the ECG is done and from it a lot of things can be studied and be discovered.
“Everybody, whether you are a sportsman or whether you are not a sportsman, you must subject yourself to an ECG, at least once in a year.”
The day is celebrated on September 8 every year to raise awareness about the crucial contribution the profession makes to keep people well.
The Theme for this year’s celebration is: ‘Movement for Health; Fit for the Future’.
Munir said that studies had shown that men were more affected by sudden death than women.
He said that the ‘X ‘gene in women was more resistant to stress and cardiac arrest leading to sudden death than the ‘Y’ gene in men.
Munir, however, advised the public from the age of 12 to do an Electrocardiogram at least once a year in order to detect any abnormalities in the heart.
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