A new study of 1,500 people, published in the professional journal Jama Surgery, shows that being married improves the chances of survival after cardiac surgery. For this study, the authors selected 1,576 people, mostly men. Among them, 65% were married, 12% divorced or separated, 21% widowed and 2% had never been married.
Participants were interviewed every two years after undergoing surgery, and researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (USA) found during postoperative interviews that 29% of people divorced or separated, 34% of widowers, 20% of single people but only 19% of married people had died or had developed a new form of disability (i.e. inability to perform an activity of daily living without outside help).
A previous study of 10,000 people had already suggested that married men are healthier than singles.
The American researchers add that their study could allow surgical services to define groups of people “at risk” who could benefit from targeted interventions aimed at improving functional recovery.
Note, however, that to keep the line, it is better to stay single because another study has shown that marriage makes you fat. One year after taking their vows, 40% of couples say they have gained almost 2 kilos and 20% almost 3 kilos.
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-1739366311.jpg "Ellie Bloom: “Seeing the size of the hole in my heart, the cardiologist told me that I had a guardian angel”")
