Marriage Keeps Risk of Heart Disease

Marriage can protect a person from the development of heart disease or stroke. This is derived from a composite analysis of available data and published online in the journal Heart.
The vast majority (80 percent) of cardiovascular diseases are associated with risk factors such as age, sex, high blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, and diabetes. But it is unclear what affects the remaining 20 percent.

They saw 34 out of a total of 225 data published between 1963 and 2015 involving more than 2 million people aged 47-77 in Europe, Scandinavia, northern America, the Middle East and Asia.

Analysis of the data collected revealed that people who were not (never, divorced, or widowed and widowed) were at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease by 42 percent and coronary artery disease 16 percent than those who were married.

Launched Science Daily on Wednesday (20/06/2018), unmarried people also have a link with increased risk of death from coronary heart disease 42 percent and stroke 55 percent.

When the data was broken down further, the analysis showed that divorce had a link with the development of heart disease in men and women by 35 percent. While widows or widowers more 16 percent more susceptible to stroke.

The authors caution that the methods used and adjustments made to various factors vary widely throughout the study. This may affect their analysis results.

In addition, there is no information about same-sex marriage, marriage quality, or living with unmarried people.

The authors state, there are various theories that allow why marriage can protect a person from various health problems such as heart disease and stroke.

When a married person's response to health problems increases. Then, better medication adherence, better financial conditions, and social relationships also affect.