Single mothers more at risk of heart disease, says study
Posted on: 22/Jun/2016 10:22:03 AM
A recent study has said that the heart health of single working moms are most at risk. The study was conducted by researchers from Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The study is published in the American Journal of Public Health.
Researchers examined data on health, work and marital status for almost 11,000 women in Europe and 6,000 women in the US who were born between 1935 and 1956. They found that the odds of being a single working mother were twice as high in the US than Europe. According to their findings, in the US, 11 per cent of women had been in that position at some point in their lives, compared to 5 per cent of women in Europe.
Single mothers were 40 per cent more likely than married mothers to have heart disease. They were 74 per cent more likely to have a stroke. Single mothers were also 77 per cent more like to smoke than married mothers.
