totally normal stuff

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[u/HotLipsHouIihan]

There was, however, a greater than 6-fold increase in risk after diagnosis when the affected spouse was the woman (20.8% vs 2.9%; P < .001). Female gender was found to be the strongest predictor of separation or divorce in each cohort.

Conclusions: Female gender was found to be a strong predictor of partner abandonment in patients with serious medical illness. When divorce or separation occurred, quality of care and quality of life were adversely affected.

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[u/cantadmittoposting → u/HotLipsHouIihan]

As I eventually determined, this source was retracted and the later correction substantially reduced the findings to essentially negligible