Married, unmarried, divorced, and widowed and the risk of stroke

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
Klaus Kaae Andersen, Tom Skyhøj Olsen

Abstract

Most studies report that marriage carries a lower risk of stroke than single living. Whether the marriage advantage is applicable with respect to all other marital status categories (unmarried, divorced, widow) remains unclear. We studied marital status and its association with incident stroke. We included all patients > 40 years of age admitted to hospital for stroke in Denmark during 2003-2012 and compared marital status to the general Danish population (5.5 millions). Relative risks (RR) for stroke were estimated in log-linear Poisson regression models adjusting for age, sex, calendar year, income, and length of education. A total of 58 847 patients with incident stroke were included. Crude incidence rates of stroke (per 1000 per year) among the four marital status categories were as follows: 1.96 (married), 1.52 (unmarried), 2.36 (divorced), and 5.43 (widowed). Compared to married persons, adjusted risk of stroke was significantly increased for divorced (RR 1.23; CI 1.19-1.27) and unmarried men (RR 1.07; CI 1.03-1.11) but not for widowed men (RR 1.02; CI 0.98-1.06); risk was slightly increased for divorced women (RR 1.10; CI 1.06-1.15) while not for widowed (RR 1.0; CI 0.97-1.03) and unmarried women (RR 0.97; CI 0.97-1.03)....Continue Reading

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