Fluctuating income can be stressful, but new research says\nit could actually affect your heart health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 1990, the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young\nAdults (CARDIA) has been tracking the health of people in four U.S. cities. At\nthe start of the study, the participants were between 23 and 35 years old and\nlived in Chicago, Minneapolis, Oakland or Birmingham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using the data from the CARDIA study, researchers identified\na link between income fluctuations and the risk of cardiovascular events (as\nwell as death). Specifically, the team looked for an income decrease of at\nleast 25 percent since the last assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Factoring for sociodemographic background and pre-existing\nheart conditions, the researchers identified 106 cardiovascular events and 164\ndeaths. The determined a strong correlation between a drop in personal income\nand either death or the development of cardiovascular disease in the decade\nfollowing the decrease in income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The greater the income drop, the greater the risk of heart\nissues or death. In fact, the highest levels of income change had nearly double\nthe risk of death and more than double the risk of heart attack, stroke or\nheart failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The study found that certain groups were more likely to\nexperience drastic drops in income. These groups included African Americans,\nwomen, the unemployed, single people, those who smoke, those with depression\nand people with less than a high school education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c[Income volatility] presents a growing public health\nthreat,\u201d says Tali Elfassy, Ph.D., of the University of Miami Miller School of\nMedicine, who led the study, \u201cespecially when federal programs, which are meant\nto absorb unpredictable income changes are undergoing continuous changes and\nmostly cuts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the researchers are certain what links income\nchanges to elevated risk of heart problems, death or both, they theorize that\nit could be that when income decreases, people sometimes drink alcohol in\nexcess, exercise less, experience increased stress and develop high blood\npressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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