High school dropouts are 40 percent more likely to have a heart attack in later life, new study suggests

‘Leaving school before the age of 18 can have disasterous repercussions for your heart health, a new study suggests.

Experts from Columbia University followed 26,000 people over 13 years to see how factors like education and income influenced their health.

They found that education was a key protective factor against atherosclerotic disease, the primary trigger for heart disease and stroke – and leading cause of death worldwide.’

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