很多人都知道,孤独不利于心理健康,但你可能不知道,孤独对身体健康也会造成很大危害。研究发现,孤独会将中年男人的患癌风险增加10%,危害力相当于吸烟和肥胖。
Lonely and single middle-aged1 men are at an increased risk of developing cancer than those in a relationship and with people around them, according to a new study.
新研究发现,孤独的单身中年男人比有伴的中年男人患癌风险更高。
A team from the University of Eastern Finland worked with 2,570 middle-aged men, monitoring their health and mortality from the 1980s to the present day.
东芬兰大学的研究团队调查了2570名中年男性,从20世纪80年代开始就一直监测他们的健康状况和死亡率。
Over the course of the study 25% of participants had developed cancer, with 11% of the Finnish men involved dying from the condition.
在研究期间,25%的参与者患上了癌症,其中有11%的芬兰男性死于癌症。
There was a 'clear link' between loneliness and an increased risk of cancer, the team explained, with being lonely increasing the risk of cancer by about ten percent.
研究团队解释道,孤独和患癌风险增加之间有“明显关联”,孤独可导致患癌风险增加约10%。
Globally, cancer is the second leading cause of death. Loneliness has been suggested as a risk factor for cancer mortality. Howe
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