Past studies have found a link between parental divorce and their children developing mental health issues, but new research published in the Public Library of Science One journal found a concerning correlation between parents' separation and physical health.

Kids of divorced parents are nearly two-thirds more likely to have a stroke in later life than those whose parents didn't split.

Researchers encourage clinicians to consider divorce in childhood a potentially important risk factor for stroke.

Even after taking into account most of the known risk factors associated with stroke -- including smoking, physical inactivity, lower income and education, diabetes, depression

Childhood parental divorce increases stroke risk in older adults, even after accounting for other health factors.