Forget about the stress you go through during exams time in school. A study that has been published in the journal BMC Public Health, shows education reduces blood pressure and the reduction is even bigger in women than in men.
The British Heart Foundation said the findings supported the link between deprivation and heart disease risk.
The researchers suggest that blood pressure could be the reason why higher levels of education are generally linked to lower levels of heart diseases.
Now the technical:
- Length of study 30 years
- Number of people followed in the study 3,890
- Study Groups: 3 [low education (12 years or less), middle education (13 to 16 years) and high education (17 years or more].
- What was measured: The average systolic blood pressure for the 30 year period was then calculated.
- Results: Women with low education had a blood pressure 3.26 mmHg higher than those with a high level of education. In men the difference was 2.26 mmHg.
Factors such as smoking, drinking and medication were taken into consideration
So what? ((Added commentary mine)
Does this mean you should pack and head for Harvard? Not necessarily. Some of us surely cannot or will not go back to school, but we can surely spend a day at the library over the weekend, read a challenging article in the local newspaper, or watch that intellectual discussion on the TV. Feeding your brain with diverse material will help reduce stress and worries which play role in blood pressure. And depriving your brain with such material will surely warrant the opposite effect.
And as for your children, give them the best start in life.
(Added commentary mine)
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