According to a study, women with high stress jobs are at an increased risk of heart attacks compared to those with less stressful jobs.
The study published in the PLoS one journal found that higher job strain was linked with increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
It found that women with high job strain were 67 per cent more likely to experience a heart attack and 38 per cent more likely to have a cardiovascular event than their counterparts in low strain jobs.
"Elevated job strain, a form of psychological stress, has long term cardiovascular health effects in women and could suggest the need for health care providers to incorporate assessment of and identification of useful interventions that minimise the effects of job strain," Dr. Michelle A Albert of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, who led the research said.
The study monitored over 22,000 female health professionals in the US over 10 years. Based on self-reported job characteristics, the researchers found that higher job strain was correlated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
However, the researchers did not find any correlation between job insecurity and long-term cardiovascular disease risk.
