A recent study suggests that Increasing the year’s of childhood education can decrease the risk of heart disease in adulthood.
Findings suggest that additional years of school may reduce the risk of heart disease and can improve several cardiovascular risk factors.
Tow large national surveys conducted from 1971 to 2012, they identify more than 75000 people born between 1900 to 1950, at that time states want children to attend schools.
After that, they examine U.S. census data of a group of similar individual to know more such as years of schooling, birth state, etc.
Overall more than 33% of the participants didn’t graduate from high school. While 34% of participants reported heart disease.
The researchers found that each year of additional schooling reduces the 2.5% chances of occurring heart diseases.
They also noted that there is an improvement in several cardiovascular risk factors with an additional year of schooling. Also including 5% reduction in depression and 3% in depression.
Lead author Rita Hamad said, “For clinicians and health systems struggling to address disparities in heart disease between the rich and the poor, our findings suggest that cross-sectoral interventions to address social factors like education are important.”
Researchers team suggests that as a society we should make policies to improve overall health and reduce the health care cost.
According to researchers, people with more education can reduce the risk of heart disease because their higher income can allow them to afford good health care and good food. High education can also increase their resources which result in a decrease in stress.