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SOCIAL TIES AND MORTALITY IN EVANS COUNTY, GEORGIA

SCHOENBACH, VICTOR J., KAPLAN, BERTON H., FREDMAN, LISA, KLEINBAUM, DAVID G.·1986·American Journal of Epidemiology
DOI 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114278
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In an attempt to replicate Berkman and Syme's study of social networks and mortality in Alameda County, California, the authors investigated the relationship between a social network index and survivorship from 1967 to 1980 in the Evans County, Georgia, cohort. They constructed an index modeled after the Berkman Social Network Index and tested it in race- and sex-specific proportional hazards models for 2,059 subjects who were examined in 1967-1969 during the Evans County Cardiovascular Epidemiologic Study. The present study emphasized a priori specification of the social network index and statistical hypothesis test. Descriptive analyses were consistent with a modest social networks effect (e.g., hazard ratio (95 per cent confidence interval) of 1.6 (1.2-2.2) ). Among white males, the age-adjusted hazard ratio comparing the lowest to the highest value of our six-level index was 2.0 (1.2-3.4), but control for potential confounders (principally cardiovascular disease risk factors) reduced this value to 1.5 (0.8-2.6). The social networks effect among white females, black males, and black females was weaker and clearly nonsignificant. Exploratory analyses suggested that marital status, church activities, and an alternate social network index predicted survivorship, but not in a dose-response fashion. Reduced survivorship among older subjects with few social ties was the most important feature of the data.

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Authors
SCHOENBACH, V. J., KAPLAN, B. H., FREDMAN, L., & KLEINBAUM, D. G.
Affiliations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
ORCID
Venue
American Journal of Epidemiology
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1986-04
Volume
123
Issue
4
Pages
577-591
ISSN
  • 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-6256
DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114278
OpenAlex
W2270423120
Cited by
503
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FWCI
22.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (1 RO1-AG03518)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Capital and Networks
Keywords
social networks, social ties, mortality, social network index, cardiovascular disease, racial differences, sex differences, marital status, church attendance, dose-response relationship, older adults, survivorship
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Black or African American, Blood Pressure, Educational Status, Epidemiologic Methods, Female, Georgia, Health Surveys, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Marriage, Middle Aged, Mortality, Risk, Rural Population, Sex Factors, Smoking, Social Class, Social Isolation, Black People, White People

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