Heart Attack Risk Jumps After Divorce

A new study shows that after a divorce people have an increased lifetime risk for heart attacks (myocardial infarction). Although previous studies have found that MIs occur more frequently in people who are divorced, this is the first study to prospectively examine the lifetime relationship between divorce and MI.

In a paper published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and OutcomesDuke University researchers analyzed data from a nationally representative cohort of 16,000 adults who were followed from 1992 to 2010.

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