Researchers at Denmark assessed the link between stressful social relations and mortality rates. For the study, the research team analysed the data gathered from the Danish Longitudinal Study on Work, Unemployment and Health from 2000. The data was comprised of nearly 10,000 men and women between the ages of 36 and 52. The data was associated to the Danish Cause of Death Registry that had all-cause mortality information until December 31, 2011 The findings revealed that arguments with family, friends, and neighbors posed the greatest risk for middle age mortality, mainly men and unemployed people.
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 16:50:44 +0000