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SUBMITTER: Shor E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3881174 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shor Eran E Roelfs David J DJ Bugyi Paul P Schwartz Joseph E JE
Social science & medicine (1982) 20120405 1
The study of marital dissolution (i.e. divorce and separation) and mortality has long been a major topic of interest for social scientists. We conducted meta-analyses and meta-regressions on 625 mortality risk estimates from 104 studies, published between 1955 and 2011, covering 24 countries, and providing data on more than 600 million persons. The mean hazard ratio (HR) for mortality in our meta-analysis was 1.30 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.23-1.37) among HRs adjusted for age and additiona ...[more]