1. Social isolation, social support, loneliness and cardiovascular disease risk factors
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Jessie Hu, Alice J. Owen, Christopher M. Reid, Johanna Joyce, Rosanne Freak-Poli, Joanne Ryan, Carlene Britt, John J McNeil, Enayet K. Chowdhury, Sharyn M. Fitzgerald, Robyn L. Woods, and Epidemiology
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Male ,Gerontology ,Longitudinal study ,Cross-sectional study ,Social support ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Risk Factors ,medicine ,Humans ,Longitudinal Studies ,Social determinants of health ,Social isolation ,Risk factor ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Framingham Risk Score ,business.industry ,Loneliness ,Australia ,Social Support ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Social Isolation ,Cardiovascular Diseases ,Female ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Background: Social health reflects one’s ability to form interpersonal relationships. Poor social health is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), however an in-depth exploration of the link through CVD risk factors is lacking. Aim: To examine the relationship between social health (social isolation, social support, loneliness) and CVD risk factors among healthy older women and men. Methods: Data were from 11,498 healthy community-dwelling Australians aged ≥70 years from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) trial and the ASPREE Longitudinal Study of Older Persons sub-study. Ten-year CVD risk was estimated using the Atherosclerotic CVD Risk Scale (ASCVDRS) and the Framingham Risk Score (FRS). Results: Physical inactivity and experiencing depressive symptoms were the only CVD risk factors that consistently differed by all three social health constructs. Loneliness was associated with greater ASCVDRS (women: β = 0.01, p
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- 2021