Research says that People with Higher Salaries Lowers the Risk of Getting Cardiovascular Diseases

According to the research findings included in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a higher amount of income can lessen the risk of acquiring cardiovascular diseases. The results of the research also showed that a cut in the pay of employees heightens the risk of acquiring diseases by 17%.




The research team composed of expert researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The participants in the study were nine thousand people whose ages range from 45 to 64 years old. These participants were traced by the researchers for seventeen years.

The research team had concluded in their study that the salaries of the participants that rose by fifty percent in six years had a lowered risk of getting cardiovascular diseases by fifteen percent while those whose salaries had decreased by fifty percent had increased their risk of getting cardiovascular diseases by seventeen percent.

Because of the lowered income, these people may not have sufficient funds to visit the gym. These people may feel more worried and choose to eat comfort foods that are unhealthy. This increases the risk of getting cardiovascular diseases.




According to Stephen Wang, people with a lesser amount of wages may cause shifts in their lifestyle. Wang said that people with “financial stress” are more likely to eat the cheaper versions of foods with high-caloric values.

 “Alcohol and tobacco are also related, and increased stress and depression can also pose a cardiovascular risk,” said Stephen Wang.

According to the researchers, the results of the study suggest that doctors should also consider the financial health of their patients.




One limitation of the research is that those participants in the study had a high probability of getting a pay cut.

Stephen Wang desires to let the public and doctors know the effects of financial health on the physical health of a person.

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