The 20 %
of women in the study who reported the lowest relationship satisfaction were three times more likely to experience a breakup than the most satisfied women.
None of the women in the study would be considered obese according to their body weight or body mass index, but over 10 percent of them had body fat greater than 33 percent.
However, any longer term impact on post-natal depression could not be determined due to the small
number of women in the study who were still breast feeding several months after the birth.
Although only 70 %
of the women in our study completed a CES - D questionnaire, the fact that the scores were similar for the two groups suggests that maternal condition is not a major contributor to reduced infant weight gain.
The
brains of women in the study were significantly more active in many more areas of the brain than men, especially in the prefrontal cortex, involved with focus and impulse control, and the limbic or emotional areas of the brain, involved with mood and anxiety.
The authors noted limitations to their study, including a
lack of women in the study group and the potential for unknown confounding factors such as family medical history and civilian occupation.
(For the general
population of women in the study, the researchers found that long - term exposure to air pollution led to small, but not statistically significant, increases in risk of cardiovascular events.)
And one expert noted that caffeine itself may not be the culprit, since
many of the women in the study consumed it by drinking sodas and eating candy.
I'm telling you, women, 80 %
of women in this study at Indiana University showed they were more likely to orgasm when you add a little lube.
The scientists then cross-referenced the antibody data with the country's death registry to determine
which of the women in the study had committed suicide.
About one -
third of the women in the study said they didn't notice platonic interactions escalating into something more sexually charged, so they often found themselves fending off unwelcome advances.
Roughly 94
percent of the women in the study had a vaginal birth, and less than 5 percent required oxytocin augmentation (which is used to make contractions stronger and closer together), or an epidural.
Despite these statistics, only 30 %
of women in the study had their babies in a hospital or health post (an «institutional birth»).
All of the women in the study were assessed for depression and anxiety during their pregnancy and after having their babies.
All of the women in the study were classified as having middle - to upper - class financial income levels, having supportive partners, and in the care of obstetricians.
Potentially modifiable risk factors for preterm birth were present in more than 90 percent
of women in the study.
We found that only 26 %
of women in the studies had sufficient concentrations of vitamin D; 35 % had deficient concentrations and 45 % had insufficient concentrations.»
And although
some of the women in the study had already been exposed to at least one type of HPV, only 1 in 25 had been exposed to all four, suggesting that even older, sexually active women can benefit from vaccination.
Night - time hypertension, which increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and death, affected 42.5 percent
of women in the study.
Around 7.6 %
of the women in the study had a premature menopause and a further 12.8 % an early menopause (between the ages of 41 and 45 years).
Some of the women in the study may have been using personal care items to take care of an existing issue — but the problem is, these vaginal health products don't actually help the vagina, say the researchers.
Some of the women in the study had become pregnant, but there were no long - term results on the risk of their cancer recurrence.
Only about 12 % of men and 11 %
of women in the study were highly active for the entire 20 - year period.
Sixty - three percent
of women in the study, published in the North American Journal of Medical Sciences, regained their menstrual cycle and 12 % got pregnant.