VIVA – Data World Health Organization (WHO) in 2015 showed that around 1.13 billion people in the world have hypertension, meaning that 1 in 3 people in the world are diagnosed with hypertension.
Hypertension or blood pressure increases the risk of other medical problems such as stroke and heart disease, which is again the leading cause of death in both men and men girls.
And 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.
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A recent study found that certain social influences such as status marriage is also related to these conditions, as reported from Times of India.
In a recent study published in Journal of HypertensionThe scientists analyzed data from 28,238 men and women in Canada aged 45 to 85 years. They 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.
From the results of this study found the effect of marital status on the risk of hypertension in women. Single women have a 28 percent higher risk of hypertension than those who are married.
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Divorced women have a 21 percent higher risk and women who have been married and end up living alone have a 33 percent higher risk.
It turns out that when it comes to hypertension, men seem to benefit from being single. In men who live alone, the risk of hypertension is lower than that of 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.
With regard to social relationships, although it was found that social ties 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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