Students who leave school without any qualifications are at greater risk of heart disease and poor health than those with some qualifications, according to new research. Professor Tarani Chandola from the ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health examined the data of 4,311 British adults born in 1958, and found that men who left school without any qualifications had a four per cent risk of heart disease in their 50s. But a return to studies can reduce the health gap – those who obtained some qualifications later on had a three per cent risk of heart disease. There were similar, but smaller, effects among women.

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