Stress can lead to arthritis?
March 18, 2013
BEING stressed may lead to
arthritis in women, according to a
new Australian study.
Published in the Annals of
Behavioral Medicine, ‘The Influence
of Perceived Stress on the Onset of
Arthritis in Women’ study explores
perceived stress as a risk factor for
arthritis in 12,202 women from the
1946–1951 cohort who completed
the Australian Longitudinal Study
on Women’s Health surveys in
2001, 2004 and 2007.
According to the results women who
reported moderate to high stress
levels were 2.2 times more likely to
develop arthritis than their stressfree
counterparts three years later.
In addition, women who reported
minimal stress levels were 1.7 times
more likely to develop arthritis,
compared to those without stress.
Meanwhile, researchers also
noted that obesity was also a risk
factor for developing arthritis, with
obese women two times as likely to
develop the condition as those with
a healthy weight.
“The findings from this study
have important clinical
implications,” said the authors from
Newcastle University and the
University of Technology, Sydney.
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