"People who experience parental divorce during childhood have higher levels of an inflammatory marker in the blood which is known to predict future health, according to new research from UCL.
"The study, published in Psychoneuroendocrinology, found that children who experienced the breakdown in their parents' relationship before the age of 16, regardless of whether their parents were married or not, had 16% higher levels of C-reactive protein at age 44. C-reactive protein is a marker of inflammation measured in blood samples.
"Long-term raised C-reactive protein is a known risk factor for diseases such as coronary heart disease and type II diabetes...."
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-parental-divorce-childhood-linked-inflammation.html
Lacey, et al. (2013). "Parental separation in childhood and adult inflammation: The importance of material and psychosocial pathways." Psychoneuroendocrinology. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.05.007. Abstract.
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