Unemployment, multiple job losses
and short periods without work may be associated with increased risk
for acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack), according to a
report published online Monday by Archives of Internal Medicine.
Many adults in the United States are affected by the strain of
employment instability, but little is known about the cumulative
effect of multiple job losses and unemployment on the risks for AMI,
according to the study background.
Matthew Dupre and colleagues from Duke University examined the
associations between different dimensions of unemployment and the
risks for AMI in 13,451 U.S. adults aged from 51 to 75 years in the
Health and Retirement Study with biennial follow-up interviews from
1992 to 2010.
"Results demonstrated that several features of one's past and
present employment increased risks for a cardiovascular event.
Although the risks for AMI were most significant in the first year
after job loss, unemployment status, cumulative number of job losses
and cumulative time unemployed were each independently associated
with increased risk for AMI," the authors note.
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