Educational attainment in sociocentric networks associates with cardiac biomarkers in Korean elders.

ABSTRACT: The link between education and recovery from cardiovascular diseases is well-established, yet the relationship between the educational attainment of social network members and the development of these conditions remains underexplored. Cardiac biomarkers such as BNP, Troponin I, and NT-proBNP are early indicators of cardiovascular stress and subclinical damage. For instance, Troponin I is linked to myocardial infarction, while BNP and NT-proBNP are used to identify heart failure. This study examines the relationship between educational attainment of social network and cardiac biomarkers using data from the Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (KSHAP), a longitudinal study of 709 adults aged 60-95 in a rural village, surveyed in 2011, 2016, and 2019. Fixed-effects models were employ

SUBMITTER: Baldina E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12365111 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature