The Association Between Effort-Reward Imbalance and Coronary Atherosclerosis in a Chinese Sample.

The article reports on a study that examines the relationship between job stress evaluated by the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model and coronary atherosclerosis in a Chinese sample in Beijing, China. A total of 320 Chinese participants who underwent coronary angiography for the first time were the subject of the study. Findings of the study revealed that job stress assessed by ERI model was associated with coronary artery lesions in a sample of Chinese workers.