Study: Higher risk of heart disease for women who were stalked, obtained restraining orders
Study: Higher risk of heart disease for women who were stalked, obtained restraining orders
Women who experienced stalking or obtained restraining orders have a higher risk of heart disease, a Harvard study released last month has found. The study analyzed data for more than 66,000 nurses, ages 36 to 56, who were surveyed about their own health for 20 years. Anna Schecter has details.
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The CBS article accurately reports the findings of a Harvard study linking stalking and restraining orders to a higher risk of heart disease in women. The article is mostly objective, presenting the study's findings without significant bias, although the selection of this particular study could be seen as a slight slant. Minor details like the exact sample size vary slightly across sources.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: Women who experienced stalking or obtained restraining orders have a higher risk of heart disease.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms that stalking and obtaining restraining orders are linked with increased cardiovascular disease risk in women.
- Verification Source #2: Confirms that women who experienced stalking or obtained restraining orders were more likely to develop heart disease and stroke.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms that women who reported obtaining a restraining order showed a particularly increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
- Verification Source #4: Confirms that stalking is associated with a higher risk of CVD in women.
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources.
- Claim: The study analyzed data for more than 66,000 nurses, ages 36 to 56, who were surveyed about their own health for 20 years.
- Verification Source #4: States the study included 68,376 participants.
- Assessment: Mostly accurate. The sample size is slightly different in source 4 (68,376) compared to the article's claim of 'more than 66,000'. Other details are unverified but plausible.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 1: 'Risk of cardiovascular disease was 41% higher in women who experienced stalking and 70% higher in women with experience obtaining a restraining order.'
- Source 2: 'Women who experienced being stalked or who obtained restraining orders were more likely to develop heart disease and stroke than women who...'
- Source 4: 'Only 68,376 were included in the study.'