The new study revealed that getting married could reduce the risk of heart disease by up to 40 percent. Conversely single people are more likely to suffer a series of illnesses including suffering or dying from heart disease.
In addition, married people are also less likely to die from stroke. Even that possibility is only half that of unmarried people.
Doctors believe having significant others makes people more likely to get previously treated symptoms and take medication. Researchers from Keele University said the findings were so significant that the patient's marital status should be considered a risk factor, such as blood pressure or smoking.
Mamas Mamas, professor of cardiology at Keele University and a consultant cardiologist at Royal Stoke Hospital, said in medicine that the truth is in the medical status of marriage is not a major topic. However, one thing is certain that marriage is not a risk factor for disease.
"What this study shows is that medical personnel should be aware of the additional risk of a heart attack or a patient's first stroke, or have better long-term outcomes," he said as quoted from the dailymail website on Tuesday (19/6).
Researchers looked at data from a study of two million patients worldwide, aged 42 to 77 between 1963 and 2015. Known risk factors such as age, sex, high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and smoking accounted for about four-fifths of heart disease and blood circulation but it is unclear what affects the remaining 20 percent.
Compared to married people, those who never married, or who divorced or widowed 42 percent were more likely to develop cardiovascular disease. Analysis shows divorce is associated with a 35 percent higher risk of heart disease for men and women.
Widows or widowers were 16 percent more likely to have a stroke, according to a study published in the journal Heart. Those who had a heart attack 42 percent more likely to die than those who never married.
Cardiovascular disease causes more than a quarter of all deaths in the UK - 150 thousand per year. Scientists call marriage as the most basic form of social support because research finds it also reduces the likelihood of dementia by up to a third.
Professor Mamas says getting married makes people more likely to seek medical help. "We know that patients are more likely to take and adhere to drugs if they are married, I think that is related to the spousal support that reminds them of the need to bring them."
While same-sex couples or long-term co-habitee are not officially part of the study, there is no reason to think that the findings will not apply to them. The authors warn that the methods used in the studies they deem vary, potentially influencing the results of their analysis.
In addition, married people are also less likely to die from stroke. Even that possibility is only half that of unmarried people.
Doctors believe having significant others makes people more likely to get previously treated symptoms and take medication. Researchers from Keele University said the findings were so significant that the patient's marital status should be considered a risk factor, such as blood pressure or smoking.
Mamas Mamas, professor of cardiology at Keele University and a consultant cardiologist at Royal Stoke Hospital, said in medicine that the truth is in the medical status of marriage is not a major topic. However, one thing is certain that marriage is not a risk factor for disease.
"What this study shows is that medical personnel should be aware of the additional risk of a heart attack or a patient's first stroke, or have better long-term outcomes," he said as quoted from the dailymail website on Tuesday (19/6).
Researchers looked at data from a study of two million patients worldwide, aged 42 to 77 between 1963 and 2015. Known risk factors such as age, sex, high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and smoking accounted for about four-fifths of heart disease and blood circulation but it is unclear what affects the remaining 20 percent.
Compared to married people, those who never married, or who divorced or widowed 42 percent were more likely to develop cardiovascular disease. Analysis shows divorce is associated with a 35 percent higher risk of heart disease for men and women.
Widows or widowers were 16 percent more likely to have a stroke, according to a study published in the journal Heart. Those who had a heart attack 42 percent more likely to die than those who never married.
Cardiovascular disease causes more than a quarter of all deaths in the UK - 150 thousand per year. Scientists call marriage as the most basic form of social support because research finds it also reduces the likelihood of dementia by up to a third.
Professor Mamas says getting married makes people more likely to seek medical help. "We know that patients are more likely to take and adhere to drugs if they are married, I think that is related to the spousal support that reminds them of the need to bring them."
While same-sex couples or long-term co-habitee are not officially part of the study, there is no reason to think that the findings will not apply to them. The authors warn that the methods used in the studies they deem vary, potentially influencing the results of their analysis.
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