Happy Marriage, Happy Heart

Happily married people have lower blood pressure_____ 1 unhappily married people or singles, a Brigham Young University study says.

On the other hand, even having a supportive social network did not translate into a blood pressure benefit for singles or unhappily _____ 2 people, according to the study.

"There seem to be some unique health benefits from marriage. It’s not just being married _____ 3 benefits health - what’s really the most protective of health ’is having a happy_____ 4 ," study author Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a psychologist who specializes in relationships and health, said in a prepared statement.

The study included 204 married and 99 _____ 5 adults who wore portable blood-pressure monitors for 24 hours. The _____6 recorded blood pressure at random intervals and provided a total of about 72 readings.

"We wanted to capture participants’ blood pressure doing whatever they normally _____7 in everyday life. Getting one or two readings in a clinic is not really _____ 8 of the fluctuations that occur throughout the day," Holt-Lunstad said.

Overall, happily married people scored four points _____ 9 on the blood pressure readings than single adults. The study also found that blood _____ 10 among married people – especially those in happy marriages - _____ 11 more during sleep than in single people.

"Research has shown that people whose blood pressure remains high’ throughout the night are at _____12 greater risk of heart disease than people whose blood pressure drops," Holt-Lunstad said.

The study was published in the March 20 _____13 of the journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

The study also found that unhappily married adults have higher blood pressure than _____ 14 happily married and single adults.

Holt-Lunstad noted that married couples can encourage healthy habits in one _____ 15 , such as eating a healthy diet and having regular doctor visits. People in happy marriages also have a source of emotional support, she said.

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1. A from

B to

C than

D by

2. A married

B engaged

C linked

D loved

3. A which

B that

C this

D what

4. A life

B marriage

C partner

D spouse

5. A young

B old

C single

D experienced

6. A monitors

B doctors

C nurses

D researchers

7. A take

B do

C make

D want

8. A supportive

B active

C representative

D protective

9. A most

B lower

C higher

D least

10. A pressure

B speed

C level

D flow

11. A stopped

B dropped

C rose

D ran

12. A more

B some

C much

D any

13. A page

B number

C copy

D issue

14. A nor

B both

C neither

D either

15. A another

B each

C other

D every

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