Economic status linked to better heart health, Saudi cardiologist says
Improved economic conditions are associated with better heart health due to easier access to healthy food, says Dr. Khaled Al-Nemer.
Key Takeaways
AIDr. Khaled Al-Nemer, consultant and professor of cardiology and arterial catheterization, has stated that an individual's economic status is linked to better heart health.
Al-Nemer explained on the X platform that, on average, improved economic conditions are associated with better heart health because of easier access to healthy food.
He added that this relationship is also connected to secure housing, access to healthcare, and reduced chronic financial stress.
Al-Nemer clarified that this is an observational correlation, not a causal or strictly linear relationship—meaning that each increase in income does not necessarily result in a proportional improvement in heart health.