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Intercommunity variations in the association between social ties and mortality in the elderly

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Seeman, Teresa E., Berkman, Lisa F., Kohout, Frank, Lacroix, Andrea, Glynn, Robert, Blazer, Dan·1993·Annals of Epidemiology
DOI 10.1016/1047-2797(93)90058-c
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Identical measures of social ties obtained from three community-based cohorts aged 65 and over from East Boston, MA; New Haven, CT; and two rural counties in Iowa permit the first direct cross-community comparison of the hypothesis that social isolation increases 5-year mortality risks (1982 to 1987) for older men and women. In sex-specific proportional hazards analyses, social ties were significantly and inversely related to mortality independently of age in all three cohorts (e.g., relative hazard (RH) = 1.97 to 3.06 for men and women, comparing those with no ties to those with four types of ties). After controlling for age, pack-years of smoking, body mass, chronic conditions, angina, and physical and cognitive disability, social ties remain significant predictors of mortality risk for the men and women in New Haven (RH = 2.4 and 1.8) and for women in Iowa (RH = 1.9). For the men in Iowa (RH = 1.4) and the men and women in East Boston (RH = 1.0 and 1.3), the associations are weaker and nonsignificant.

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Authors
Seeman, T. E., Berkman, L. F., Kohout, F., Lacroix, A., Glynn, R., & Blazer, D.
Venue
Annals of Epidemiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1993-07
Volume
3
Issue
4
Pages
325-335
ISSN
1047-2797 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/1047-2797(93)90058-c
OpenAlex
W1596744658
Cited by
221
References
6
FWCI
2.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
hybrid
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Seeman, T. E., Berkman, L. F., Kohout, F., Lacroix, A., Glynn, R., & Blazer, D. (1993). Intercommunity variations in the association between social ties and mortality in the elderly. Annals of Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/1047-2797(93)90058-c

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