The more wives you have, the higher your heart disease risk

The power of numbers: A combination of pictures showing 28 of the wives of Ziona, head of a religious sect called 'Chana' in India. Photo: Reuters

Polygamy increases the risk of heart disease by more than four-fold, reveals research presented at the Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology Congress 2015 (APSC 2015) by Dr Amin Daoulah, a cardiologist at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The risk and severity of heart disease increased with the number of wives.