Unemployment, a Common Cause for Heart Attacks: Survey
The data by the research group was conceived by the group study of 13, 451 adults between the age group of 51 to 75 years interviewed from 1992 to 2010. During these interviews the study observed the effect of total number of job losses, cumulative time spent unemployed and the employment status on heart activities of the participants. Also the lifestyle, life events and their health based on their employment status was recorded.
Among the interviewed, on an average two- thirds were obese or overweight. On the initiation of the research, one in every seven people was unemployed.
During the research tenure, about 8 percent, estimated to 1,061 participants, had a heart attack.
It was also found by Dupre’s research team that with the increase in the number of times people lost their jobs, the chances of having a heart attack also increased.
The unemployment factor is linked to about 35 percent increased risk of heart attack, which was estimated after the researchers had considered the effects of poverty and education on the participants. Even the effect of age, rage and other causes related to heart risk were considered.
As with the research results Dupre said “We weren't surprised to find the association, but we were surprised to find that the effects were so large, on par with classic risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes.” He also added, “The associations are strong, and they remain despite accounting for a whole host of possible explanations,” as reported by Genevra Pittman for Reuters.
