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Single men and unhappy marriages are more likely to suffer fatal strokes in their old age than men who are in a successful relationship, according to an Israeli research reported by EurekAlert.
Scientists from the University of Tel Aviv have come to such conclusions after analyzing the data collected from over 10 people. male government officials and municipal employees, with an average age of 49, who participated in the Israeli coronary heart disease study in 1963. Data on the fate of patients was collected until 1997.
It found that over the next 34 years, single men at the start of the study were 64 percent. more likely to die from stroke than married men. A similar risk of death from stroke was found among married men who were not satisfied with their marriage and assessed it as unsuccessful. It was about 64 percent. higher than for men who are happy in marriage.
This risk is comparable to that faced by men with diabetes, comments the author of the study, Dr. Uri Goldbourt, and noted that he did not expect an unhappy marriage to have such a significant impact on health.
The analysis looked at factors such as the patient’s age at death, socioeconomic status, obesity, blood pressure, smoking, and the family size of each man, as well as the prevalence of conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.
However, the study had some limitations – for example, no data was available on the proportion between non-fatal and fatal strokes. It is also unknown what treatments the patients received in the 5 years after the end of the first phase of the studies.
Therefore, further work is needed on this issue, which should also include women, the authors say.
The scientists presented the results of their research at the international conference of the American Stroke Association. (PAP)