India’s consistently rich more prone to heart disease than the poor: study
A study of over 65,000 Indians indicates that individuals with consistently high socioeconomic status are more prone to cardiovascular diseases than those with lower status. The findings suggest a shift in health patterns as socioeconomic conditions evolve.
Why it matters
It challenges traditional assumptions about health disparities and highlights the rising burden of lifestyle-related heart conditions among the wealthy in developing nations.
India’s consistently rich more prone to heart disease than the poor: study left As socioeconomic patterns change over time, cardiovascular disease and its risk factors become more widespread among disadvantaged groups as well. File image used for representational purposes only https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/x7wves/article71582410.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/IMG_GOVT_HOSPITAL_PATENT_2_1_OF9J8JVI.jpg JOTHI RAMALINGAM B CHENNAI, 11/03/2022 : For City : Patient checking ECG at recently inaugurated Chest pain clinic, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai on Friday.. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam / The Hindu The cardiac conditions among the sustained rich in India ranged from a higher likelihood of congestive heart failure, heart attack, abnormal heart rhythm, heart diseases and composite cardiovascular disease, the study dound A vast study of 65,364 Indians has revealed that people with a consistently high socioeconomic position are more prone to heart disease than the consistently poor.
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