Lower socioeconomic status is associated with higher rates of death from coronary artery disease compared to higher socioeconomic status, and more than half of the disparities can be explained by four unhealthy behaviors. Dr. Yachen Zhu of the Alcohol Research Group, U.S., and Dr. Charlotte Probst of the Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada, report these findings in a new study published September 17 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.
Lower socioeconomic status associated with higher risk of coronary artery disease deaths due to unhealthy behaviors
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