For the largest part, science found that marriage comes with health benefits –Low risk of heart diseaseAge (private For men), Low risk of depressionAnd Cancer survival rates are better.

But now come to the amazing results of New study: Marriage may greatly increase your risk Difference.

When calculating age and sex, the researchers found that widows, divorced and unmarried individuals did not have approximately 50 % or a lower risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in the dreaded body, compared to their married counterparts-the rates that they keep for the risks of the elderly divorced and married ever after controlling age, vehicle, education, education, and vary. The study shows in Alzheimer’s and dementia Alzheimer’s Association Magazine.

But the results can indicate “delayed diagnoses between unmarried individuals”, as married individuals “are more likely to engage in preventive medical care than unmarried individuals, due to partners who notice early symptoms.

Or I write researchers from the Florida State College of Medicine, the results can “really challenge the assumption that marriage protects against dementia.”

To rid the results, scientists examined health records from the National Coordination Center for Alzheimer’s, which is a continuous longitudinal study, from 24,107 elderly (average age of 71.8 years) over 18 years, then dividing them into four groups: married, widow, absolute, and never married.

A 2017 study From London College, at the same time, he reached the opposite result: that people who are single or widows are in a greater danger of dementia than married people. This was the conclusion after reviewing 15 current studies, as published in Neuroscience magazine for neurosurgery and psychological surgery.

Theories of why marriage may have some health effects

Florida researchers recognize the various results of the years, but they also have explained the current conclusions.

“There is some evidence that indicates an increase in some areas of welfare, such as happiness and satisfaction with life after divorce and social participation after the partner’s bereavement,” the authors of the study wrote. In addition, they say that individuals who have never been married are more likely to communicate with friends and neighbors and they are “more likely to engage in healthy behaviors than their married counterparts.”

Married people, at the same time, “tend to have less social integration and participate in less frequent and less quality interactions in their networks compared to their unmarried counterparts.” The well -known positive aspects of luxury and social relations, which are offered, can serve as preventive factors against dementia over time.

Current theories About the reason for a marriage that can lead to better health that includes it leads to a stronger immune function and low cortisol (stress); Healthy behaviors, such as carrying less risks and eating better; More powerful mental health, partly due to the best social support; And it is an indication that it is in good health before marriage, as some studies indicate that people with health problems are less likely to marry.

But finally, Florida researchers point out that the quality of marriage may be related to the relevant health results.

“There is fundamental evidence that the health benefits of marriage appear only in high -quality marriages,” they notice. “In contrast, individuals who do not seek their marriage … are more likely to be risk of health and mortality on an equal or worse compared to those who have a man, divorced, or borrower. Thus, marital quality may play a major role in the association.”

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This story was originally shown on Fortune.com

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