Association of psychosocial risk factors with risk of acute myocardial infarction in 11,119 cases and 13,648 controls from 52 countries (the INTERHEART study)

cardiovascular · The Lancet, 364(9438), 953–962 · 2004

In a global study of 24,000 people, Rosengren (2004) proved that stress is just as likely to give you a heart attack as smoking. Your bank account and your arteries are on the same circuit.

Authors

Rosengren, A., Hawken, S., Ôunpuu, S., et al.

Research lens

In a global study of 24,000 people, Rosengren (2004) proved that stress is just as likely to give you a heart attack as smoking. Your bank account and your arteries are on the same circuit.

  • cardiovascular
  • workplace-stress
  • allostatic-load