Bullying in childhood increases the risk of cardiovascular disease

    





A new study by scientists from South Carolina say: bullying and bullying in childhood can damage health in the long term.

William Copeland and his colleagues at Duke University tracked 1420 nine-year-old adolescents. Each child was examined and interviewed on the subject of intimidation. The group then measured levels of C-reactive protein in the blood. It is a marker of inflammation associated with higher risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Although levels of this protein have natural growth in adolescence, in children who had been abused and bullied, its level was highest. Bullies and "torturers" had the lowest levels of the protein, and this suggests that they do not have such high risks for your health. On the contrary, benefit.

Source: nauka24news.ru/