Study: The risk of a stroke can be higher if your parents divorced when you were a child

People whose parents divorced, even if they did not encounter violence in childhood, have a 60% more risk of stroke compared to those who have grown in full families.

The study of the University of Toronto, Tindale and Texas University at Arlington shows that even after taking into account most known stroke risk factors, such as smoking, lack of physical activity, low income and education, diabetes, depression and insufficient social support, people whose parents divorced, The risk of stroke remains 61% higher.

A new study is based on a previous analysis of the behavioral risk factors of 2022 and studies data from 13,205 elderly Americans, among which 13.9% survived the divorce of parents in childhood. The study showed that the relationship between the divorce of the parents and the stroke is comparable in its significance with two other well -known stroke risk factors: diabetes and depression. The authors note that the reason for this connection remains unknown, but suggest that both biological and social factors can affect this.

Other forms of adverse children’s environment, such as emotional violence, neglect, mental disorders in the family, abuse of psychoactive substances and subjected home violence by parents, did not have a significant impact on the risk of stroke, and the study showed.