Study: Unmarried Women Are More At Risk Of Hypertension: Okezone Trends

According to Global Burden of Disease data, hypertension resulted in 1.63 million deaths in India in 2016. Hypertension increases your risk for other medical problems such as stroke and heart disease, which are again the leading causes of death in both women and men.

While we all know that being overweight, lack of exercise and poor diet are some of the physical factors that increase the risk of high blood pressure. A new study found that certain social influences such as marital status are also associated with the condition.

Launch Times of IndiaIn a recent study published in the Journal of Hypertension, scientists analyzed data from 28,238 Canadian men and women aged 45 to 85 years.

These people participate in ongoing studies on aging. This data is used to determine the relationship between marital status, living arrangements, social network size and social participation and hypertension according to gender.

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The study found the effect of marital status on the risk of hypertension in women. Single women have a 28 percent higher risk of hypertension compared to married women. Divorced women have a 21 percent higher risk and widows have a 33 percent higher risk.

It is known that, when it comes to hypertension, men actually seem to benefit from being single. In men, men who live alone have a lower risk of hypertension than men who live together.

Having fewer friends increases the risk of hypertension in women. Women who also have fewer friends are 15 percent more likely to develop high blood pressure.

Although it was found that social bonds were important for women, they had very little effect on the level of risk for men.

Even social network size or level of participation in social activities did not have a significant association with high blood pressure, the study found.

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