Childless Men Have Greater Risk Of Dying From Cardiovascular Disease Than Fathers D

A recent study published in the journal Human Reproduction showed that there might be a link between the risk of dying from heart disease and not having children in men. The authors found that a childless man had a 17% greater chance of dying from a cardiovascular disease compared to fathers. The sex of the child was not relevant.
Mortality from all causes was slightly higher among the childless men. However, this increase was nearly completely due to cardiovascular disease. If cardiovascular disease risk was taken out, there was no statistically significant difference between the groups. This study certainly is not enough to answer the question whether having children will increase a men's life span but reveals some intersting observation worth looking into with larger and better controlled research.