Isiozor NM, et al. - Researchers used the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease study (an ongoing prospective population-based study in Finland) to evaluate the link between perceived level of marriage satisfaction and risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in 2,262 men. They used a well-structured self-administered questionnaire to evaluate perceived level of marriage satisfaction in study participants and multivariable adjusted cox regression models to estimate hazard ratios (95% CI) for SCD. During a median follow-up of 25.9 years, they recorded 239 cases of SCD. Among middle-aged Caucasian men, the researchers noted an increased risk of SCD in relation to dissatisfied marriage, which was independent of conventional cardiovascular risk factors.