Q&A: Bad Marriges Unhealthy for Women, but Not Men?
Question by Vlad: Bad marriges unhealthy for women, but not men?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/06/marriage.women.heart/
“In the study, University of Utah researchers looked at 276 couples to see if depression was the real reason poor marriages have been found to be harmful to health. The couples were middle-aged or older Utah residents who were mostly married for a long time on average more than 27 years; they ranged in age from 32 to 76.
The researchers found that bad relationships were bad for health– for women at least. Women in troubled relationships were more likely than other women to be depressed. Plus, they were more likely to have metabolic syndrome, a cluster of risk factors including elevated blood pressure, high triglycerides, low levels of HDL (good) cholesterol, abdominal obesity, and elevated blood sugar– all basically steps on the road to heart attack or diabetes.
“For husbands, we didn’t see, on its own, that negative marital stuff was related at all to metabolic syndrome. The only thing it was related to was their depressive symptoms,” said Nancy Henry, a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Utah. “For men, having a problematic marriage is still emotionally, but not physically, problematic healthwise.””
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Answer by Know It All
If this were to be false, blame it on bigotry. If this were to be true, blame it on our differences !
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