Skipping breakfast increases risk of brain hemorrhage

February 10, 2016  22:31

People who skip breakfast five or more days a week have a 36 percent higher chance of suffering a brain hemorrhage than those who eat it every day, a group of Japanese researchers has found.

While higher risks of obesity and hypertension from skipping breakfast have already been documented, the Japanese team claims to be the world’s first to confirm that such dietary behavior leads to a higher risk of brain hemorrhage.

The study tracked a total of 82,772 people aged 45 to 74 in eight prefectures from 1985 to 2010.

Of those, 1,051 people experienced a brain hemorrhage. The incidence of brain hemorrhage increased as subjects skipped breakfast more frequently.

“Without breakfast, blood pressure in the morning tends to be higher,” said Osaka University professor Hiroyasu Iso, who led the research team.

The researchers, including at the National Cancer Center, found no significant difference in incidences of brain infarction, another type of stroke. The result is “probably because the contribution of high blood pressure to brain infarction is smaller than that to brain hemorrhage,” Iso explained.

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