Cardiovascular and all-cause mortality attributable to loneliness in older Swedish men and women

Abstract Background This study examined whether loneliness predicts cardiovascular- and all-cause mortality in older men and women. Methods Baseline data from the Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort Studies, collected during 2000 on 70-year-olds born 1930 and living in Gothenburg were used for analysis (n =...

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Published in:BMC Geriatrics
Main Authors: Masuma Novak, Margda Waern, Lena Johansson, Anna Zettergren, Lina Ryden, Hanna Wetterberg, Pia Gudmundsson, Ingmar Skoog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Subjects:
Loneliness
CVD
Mortality
Sweden
Epidemiology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01603-x

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