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Men who are known as "perpetual bachelors" are twice as likely to die of heart failure as men who have ever been married, scientists have said.
The authors of the new scientific work studied the data of the study of atherosclerosis, which involved 6,8 thousand American adults aged 45 to 84 years. Researchers compared survival rates for 4,7 years in 94 people diagnosed with heart failure.
It found that men with heart failure who had never been married were twice as likely to die within nearly five years of being diagnosed.
Factors such as isolation and lack of communication with others, non-adherence to treatment and recommended diet, low levels of grooming and physical activity, as well as alcohol consumption and reluctance to visit a doctor may be contributing factors.