Key result
Medium-high education associates with ~24% lower all-cause mortality versus low education in rural hypertensives.
Why the study?
Cumulative evidence indicates that education plays a major role in predicting cardiovascular risk factors, but the relationship between education status and mortality in a general population from rural China required examination.
Does medium-high educational status reduce all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in rural hypertensive subjects?
Cohort (n=5,227)
Yes
Does medium-high educational status reduce all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in rural hypertensive subjects?
Effect estimate: HR 0.76 (95% CI 0.58, 0.99)
Absolute Event Rate: 3.8% vs 7.6%
p-value: p=0.043
Higher educational status is independently associated with a significantly lower risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among hypertensive adults in rural China.
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Supports addressing educational disparities in rural hypertension; extends socioeconomic observations but leaves causal effects and practice change open.
Yu et al. (2022) conducted a cohort in Hypertension (n=5,227). Medium-high education vs. Low education was evaluated on All-cause mortality (HR 0.76, 95% CI 0.58, 0.99, p=0.043). Medium-high education was independently associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality (HR 0.76) and cardiovascular mortality (HR 0.65) compared to low education in rural hypertensive subjects.
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