The Analysis between the Socioeconomic Factor and the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk: The 7th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1st Year), 2016

Effects of Marital Status and Income on Hypertension: The Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES)

“…The relationship between average monthly income and hypertension remained statistically significant even after adjustments for sex, age, health behaviors, and nutritional factors. Similar to this study, in domestic studies, a low-income level was related to the risk of hypertension [15,16], and low SES combined with education and income level was also reported as a risk factor for hypertension [17].…”

“…For example, the proportion of hypertension increased with decreasing levels of individual patient wealth [ 19 , 20 ]. Other studies showed that the prevalence of hypertension increased with lower SES (education, occupation, and social environment) [ 18 ], as well as education and income [ 17 ].…”

“…Although income was reported to have a large effect on hypertension [13,[15][16][17][18][19][20], few Korean studies have investigated the effect of marriage on hypertension, especially the correlation between marriage and income, have been reported. We need to figure out how the interactions of socio-political issues such as income and marriage affect hypertension.…”