Friday, January 04, 2013

study links low wages with hypertension, especially for women and younger workers

No surprise. Low wages are stressful. Also, cheaper food tends to be less healthy.
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/7334

UC Davis
January 3, 2013

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Workers earning the lowest wages have a higher risk of hypertension than workers with the highest wages, according to new research from UC Davis.

The correlation between wages and hypertension was especially strong among women and persons between the ages of 25 to 44.

“We were surprised that low wages were such a strong risk factor for two populations not typically associated with hypertension, which is more often linked with being older and male,” said J. Paul Leigh, senior author of the study and professor of public health sciences at UC Davis. “Our outcome shows that women and younger employees working at the lowest pay scales should be screened regularly for hypertension as well.”

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