heart attacks?

So I was watching Top Gear last night (yes, I know, but it's entertaining in a
juvenile way) when Clarkson made an off-hand comment about something in the
news proving that cyclists are more likely to suffer heart attacks than
motorists.

A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what he was
referring?

Huw Lynes wrote:
So I was watching Top Gear last night (yes, I know, but it's
entertaining in a
juvenile way) when Clarkson made an off-hand comment about something
in the
news proving that cyclists are more likely to suffer heart attacks
than
motorists.

A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what
he was
referring?

Probably, he was referring to this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3761012.stm

....and applying his usual level of logic. What the
study in question showed was that the level of risk
of a heart attack increased more for cyclists in a
traffic jam than it did for motorists.

Huw Lynes wrote:
So I was watching Top Gear last night (yes, I know, but it's entertaining in a
juvenile way) when Clarkson made an off-hand comment about something in the
news proving that cyclists are more likely to suffer heart attacks than
motorists.

Probably this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3761012.stm

R.

Huw Lynes wrote:
A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what he was
referring?

Possibly a misrepresentation of these:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3991633.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1383645.stm

However if I recall correctly, other studies have shown that car
drivers inhale more pollution than cyclists so if Clarkson was
referring to these then he has his conclusions back to front.

Or maybe there is some other research I'm unaware of which shows
that a sedentary big-mac-munching commute by car is better for
the heart than some brisk exercise on a bike.

Pete.

That set me thinking - at 61 I am about the only one of my local Pub pals
that is NOT on blood pressure tablets! I cycle everywhere, they drive
everywhere.

Significant?

wrote in message
oups.com...

Probably, he was referring to this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3761012.stm


That must have been it. But what an odd result. How do german cyclists
manage to get themselves stuck in traffic jams?

Rich

Huw Lynes wrote:
So I was watching Top Gear last night (yes, I know, but it's entertaining in a
juvenile way) when Clarkson made an off-hand comment about something in the
news proving that cyclists are more likely to suffer heart attacks than
motorists.

A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what he was
referring?






He is a loud-mouthed, lard-arsed, smoking (ex smoking?) wazzok who, like
most playground ejits, can't ever say or do anything constructive.

I'd not pay him any heed if I were you...

--
Chris

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:18:18 -0000, "nobody760"
wrote:

That set me thinking - at 61 I am about the only one of my local Pub pals
that is NOT on blood pressure tablets! I cycle everywhere, they drive
everywhere.

Significant?


VERY

nobody760 wrote:
That set me thinking - at 61 I am about the only one of my local Pub pals
that is NOT on blood pressure tablets! I cycle everywhere, they drive
everywhere.

Significant?

Statistically? Depends how many pub pals you have, but probably not.

Circumstantially? Yes. Have you made them aware of this?

--
Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 12:41:08 +0000
Succorso wrote:

Huw Lynes wrote:
So I was watching Top Gear last night (yes, I know, but it's entertaining
in a juvenile way) when Clarkson made an off-hand comment about something
in the
news proving that cyclists are more likely to suffer heart attacks than
motorists.

A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what he
was referring?






He is a loud-mouthed, lard-arsed, smoking (ex smoking?) wazzok who, like
most playground ejits, can't ever say or do anything constructive.

I'd not pay him any heed if I were you...

I don't and you are correct in your assessment of Mr Clarkson's character. I
just wondered what the original source was. As usual the collective memory of
u.r.c responded magnificently. Now, when I get into that argument with a
non-cyclist trying to tell me I'll get a heart attack, I shall know from where
the idiocy first rose.