Heart attack: Risk decreases with education

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Increasing number of years spent in education likely to lead to health benefits


This study published in JAMA tracked the health of nearly 14,000 adults from 1987 through 2013. 

The participants had varying levels of education, 

Dropping out of high school and lower levels of education were linked to increased number of heart attacks

 Education reduces this risk.

How this can happen?

The effect is mediated through the other risk factors for heart attack

Those who spend longer time in education: 

• Less likely to smoke,
• have lower BMI 
• healthy blood cholesterol profile

 Those with lower education levels:

• have poor income, 
• less access to medical care, 
• low physical activity, 
• higher levels of smoking, 
• poor diets, 
• high blood pressure,and diabetes,
  
  
   

P.S.

How simple is this? 

Educate everybody and get health benefits.

But how difficult it is.

This will need big social and political reforms