The team from University College London looked at more than 7,000 civil servants working in Whitehall over a period of 11 years and established how many hours they worked on average a day. They also collected information including the condition of their heart from medical records and health checks. Over the period, a total of 192 had suffered a heart attack. But the study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, found that those who worked more than 11 hours a day were 67 per cent more likely to have one than those who had a ‘nine to five’ job.

这组研究数字并不是草草得出的结论，据悉，英国伦敦大学学院的研究团队对7000名在“白厅（英国）”工作的“英国公务员”进行了长达11年的跟踪观察，专家们研究他们平均每日工作需要多少时间，从而和他们的健康状况做出相应的联系，专家们还对他们的心脏状况做了相应的记录。在长达11年的时间中，总共有192名被实验者经历过心脏病，或者有过心脏病的“体验”。在《内科医学的杂志年报》上，专家们统计出了惊人的数据，那些工作长达11小时，或者超过11小时的公务员，有67%或者更多有可能患上心脏病。这个工作时间是与那些拥有着“朝九晚五”工作的人相比的。

Professor Mika Kivim?ki, who led the study, said: ‘We have shown that working long days is associated with a remarkable increase in risk of heart disease. ‘Considering that including a measurement of working hours in a GP interview is so simple and useful, our research presents a strong case that it should become standard practice. ‘This new information should help improve decisions regarding medication for heart disease.

引导该实验的教授Mika Kivim?ki说：“我们经过研究发现，长时间的工作大幅度地增加患心脏病的风险，我们这项实验的数据为以后的相关研究提供了重要的佐证，有可能会成为此领域的一个重要的衡量标准。此外，这项数据可以帮助

‘It could also be a wake-up call for people who over-work themselves, especially if they already have other risk factors,’ Professor Kivim?ki added. Around 2.6million Britons have heart disease, where the organ’s blood supply is blocked by the build-up of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries. It is the nation’s biggest killer, claiming 101,000 lives in this country every year. Heart attacks occur when a coronary artery becomes completely blocked; if the blood supply is not restored, the section of the heart being supplied by the artery will die.