Married Women Less Likely to Die from Heart DiseaseMar-20-2014
New research finds that married women are 28 percent less likely to die from heart disease than unmarried women.
Marriage, however, does not make a difference in preventing heart disease in women.
Researchers believe the mortality difference may be because marriage motivates women to seek early medical treatment or improve overall health.
Sarah Floud, Ph.D., and colleagues at Oxford University say there may be other possible explanations too.
For example, other studies have shown that partners tend to encourage their spouses to take medication and make changes in unhealthy lifestyles.
The findings come from the latest analysis of data from a large UK study of women's health run by Oxford University researchers, the Million Women Study.
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