Loneliness and Social Isolation are Prone to High Blood Pressure and Hypertension in Women

The researchers used the data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. They analyzed the social bonding of 28,238 adults who were among the age group of 45 to 85. It has found out that those women who are single, engaged in lesser than three social activities in a month, or who had less than 85 people in their contact list are more likely to have hypertension.

In fact, systolic blood pressure is found highest among the widowed, single, and socially inactive women. On average, blood pressure is highly detected in widowed women compared to married women. Widowed women are likely to suffer from hypertension across all categories.