The Differences in the Socio-Economic Levels and Blood Vessel Health States in Asian Countries

Recently, studies on the impact of economic growth on health outcomes have generated vari-ous conflicting results. In particular, these results get clear with regard to cardiovascular disease . Socioeconomic level affects the increase in cardi-ovascular disease prevalence . Nevertheless, the degree of impact of socioeconomic level and cardiovascular disease on study findings can be controlled through statistical or measurement methods. For instance, vascular stiffness meas-urements such as pulse wave velocity can inde-pendently predict the risk of cardiovascular dis-ease .