Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Propensity to Change Risk Behaviors Following Myocardial Infarction: Implications for Healthy Lifestyle Medicine

Failure to change risk behaviors following myocardial infarction (MI) increases the likelihood of recurrent MI and death. Lower-socioeconomic status (SES) patients are more likely to engage in high-risk behaviors prior to MI. Less well known is whether propensity to change risk behaviors after MI also varies inversely with SES.

Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 3, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Diann E. Gaalema, Rebecca J. Elliott, Zachary H. Morford, Stephen T. Higgins, Philip A. Ades Source Type: research