No, it’s not because of the constant disputes.
Married people might live longer, but that doesn’t mean their health is necessarily optimal: Middle-aged and elderly heterosexual men and women could be at a greater risk of experiencing high blood pressure — if their significant other has it too, according to a heartbreaking study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
“We were surprised to find that among many older couples, both husband and wife had high blood pressure,” study author Dr. Chihua Li, who’s a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, said in a press release. “For instance, in the US, among more than 35% of couples who were ages 50 or older, both had high blood pressure.”
While previous studies had found that couples may mirror each other’s blood pressure and other ailments, they were generally conducted in small, regional or single-country settings.
This was the first study to look into “the union of high blood pressure within couples from both high- and middle-income countries,” according to co-lead author Dr. Jithin Sam Varghese of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
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