Naval Parikh, MD, coordinates clinical trials at NAPA Research and treats patients as a physician in private practice in Florida. As a former research assistant with the department of social psychology at the University of South Carolina, Naval Parikh, MD, participated in a project focused on hypertension and its social indices.
A 2014 study by MedUni Vienna researchers on the latter topic revealed close links between socio-demographic status and high blood pressure. Impacting women more than men, risk factors include profession, education level, income, and immigrant background.
According to the report, one of the major risks associated with lower socio-economic status centers on gratification crisis. This involves the person making his or her best effort but not receiving adequate compensation in areas such as job security and opportunities, social recognition, and influence.
At the same time, higher income allows people to more easily make lifestyle choices, and access better health screening, leading to healthier outcomes and reducing insurance burdens. Lower social status can itself be an outcome of poor health, which points to complex two-way causalities in this area.
Within the scope of the study, hypertension was significantly higher in eastern Austria than in western Austria. With 19.4 percent of women and 16.6 percent of men in western Austria reporting hypertension, the figure rose to 25.5 percent and 20.1 percent respectively in eastern Austria.
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