Fighting with your intimate partner is bad for heart health. Intimate partner violence or family violence may increase the risk of developing heart attack.
Fighting couples are more susceptible to heart attack, suggests a new study. Having a violent encounter with an intimate partner or family member even once may increase a young adult’s risk of having a heart attack, stroke or hospitalization for heart failure years later, according to preliminary research.
What is Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence refers to any physical, emotional, or mental abuse or aggression occurring in a romantic relationship between a current or former spouse or dating partner.‘Violent fights with intimate partners can put you at a higher risk of developing a heart attack.’
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Women, between the age of 18 to 34 years, generally experience the highest rates of intimate partner violence, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline in the US. Read More..
"There is a growing body of evidence that links intimate partner violence -- a significant mental and physical trauma -- to adverse cardiovascular outcomes," said lead study author Kathryn Recto from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
The preliminary research is set to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2022 in Chicago.
Link Between Intimate Partner Violence and Heart Disease
The analysis found that exposure to intimate partner violence or family violence was associated with at least a 34 percent higher risk for cardiovascular events and at least a 30 percent increased risk of death from any cause when adjusting for age, sex and race.Having more than one violent episode with an intimate partner in the past year also increased the risk of death by 34 percent, and the increased risk of death was 59 percent among those who reported the violent episode involved a family member other than a spouse/lover.
The participants who reported experiencing intimate partner violence were 62 percent of black adults and 38 percent of white adults, the findings showed.
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Moreover, the authors suggested that future research should investigate the biochemical pathways that link intimate partner violence and cardiovascular disease.
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