Monday a bad day for hearts.

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HomeCirculationVol. 101, No. 6Monday a Bad Day For Hearts Free AccessOtherDownload EPUBAboutView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toFree AccessOtherDownload EPUBMonday a Bad Day For Hearts Ruth SoRelle Ruth SoRelleRuth SoRelle Search for more papers by this author Originally published15 Feb 2000https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.101.6.e9005Circulation. 2000;101:e9005Deaths from heart disease in Scotland peak on Monday, and they may be caused by increased weekend drinking, said researchers at the National Health Service and the University of Glasgow in a recent issue of the British Medical Journal (2000;320:218–219).The researchers studied deaths from coronary heart disease in Scotland between 1986 and 1995. During this period, 91 193 men and 79 051 women died of the disease, according to the authors. The researchers found that excess deaths occurred on Monday for men and women. The statistical significance of the data was particularly strong in those who had not been previously admitted to the hospital with heart problems and among those who died outside the hospital.Although researchers said that the excess death rate may be partly attributable to weekend drinking, they also noted that issues such as work-related stress might also play a role. Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails February 15, 2000Vol 101, Issue 6 Advertisement Article InformationMetrics Copyright © 2000 by American Heart Associationhttps://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.101.6.e9005PMID: 10673271 Originally publishedFebruary 15, 2000 Advertisement