Women with stressful lives are more likely to suffer from heart disease.
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A study of over 80,000 postmenopausal women, conducted between 1991 and 2015, has concluded that those who have hectic lives both at home and at work are more likely to develop coronary heart disease than men.
The study - which has been conducted by Drexel University in the United States - suggests that females who go through both professional and personal stress are 21 percent more likely to develop coronary heart disease (CHD) than males.
The study's senior author Professor Yvonne Michael said: "The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted ongoing stresses for women in balancing paid work and social stressors.
"We know from other studies that work strain may play a role in developing CHD, but now we can better pinpoint the combined impact of stress at work and at home on these poor health outcomes."