Sex differences in the association between marital status and the risk of cardiovascular, cancer, and all-cause mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 7,881,040 individuals

Resource type: Publication Publication
  • Authors
    Wang, Yafeng; Jiao, Yurui; Nie, Jing; O'Neil, Adrienne; Huang, Wentao; Zhang, Lei; Han, Jiafei; Liu, Hao; Zhu, Yikun; Yu, Chuanhua; Woodward, Mark
  • Type
    Original Research
  • Journal
    Global Health Research and Policy
  • Publication Date
    2020
  • Abstract

    To ascertain whether sex differences exist in the relationship between marital status and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD), cancer and all-cause mortality in the general population and to explore the potential effect of age, location, the duration of follow-up and publication years on these outcomes.