New Study Finds Homophobes Die Younger Than Tolerant People
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The results were published in the February issue of the American Journal of Public Health, Business Insider reported.
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By controlling for factors including age, religiosity and marital status, researchers saw a "2.5-year life expectancy difference between individuals with high versus low levels of anti-gay prejudice," Business Insider reported.
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"Physiological changes associated with anger, such as increased cardiac responses, have been linked to the development of hypertension and to coronary heart disease," the researchers wrote, according to Business Insider.
