A study published in the recently published “Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health” found that men who had a broken or unhappy relationship were more likely to develop health-damaging inflammation.
Using data from more than 4,800 participants (aged 48 to 62) in the Copenhagen Biobank on Aging and Midlife between 1986 and 2011, researchers at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, blood samples The inflammatory markers interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were detected.
Among men, those with the highest levels of inflammatory markers were those who had experienced the most breakups, and their levels were 17 percent higher than those in the control group, the findings showed. Inflammatory markers increased by 12% in people who lived alone for more than 7 years; the highest levels of C-reactive protein were seen in men with higher education who had lived alone for 2 to 6 years; the highest levels of IL-6 were seen in Men who have lived alone for more than 7 years. This link was not found in women.
The immune system weakens with age, which may lead to low-grade inflammation throughout the body associated with diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, researchers say. (square grass)