A husband is healthier in a marriage in which his wife complains

A recent study revealed that men in a bad “marriage have a lower risk of diabetes than those in a happy marriage.

Sociologists from Michigan State University and University of Chicago presented the results of two major studies based on married couples.

1,228 couples participated in polls -- women and married men between the ages of 57 and 84. Participants were asked questions about their marriage and their relationship with their husband, and laboratory samples were taken.

When the data received was analyzed, researchers discovered how a good or bad marriage affects a husband's health and their chance to obtain diabetes. Women who said five years after their first test of a better marriage faced a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.

What's strange and interesting is that the opposite happened with men. The men, who five years after the first test, said that their marriage had deteriorated and that women often complained to them, also had a very low risk of Type 2 diabetes.

Researchers said that it was not quite clear how the risk of diabetes became different for men and women depending on the quality of their marriage.