The associations of premorbid social isolation and social support with self-rated health and heart failure outcomes in the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) Study.

ABSTRACT: We assessed whether social isolation (SI), social support (SS), and subtypes of SS were associated with self-rated health trajectories and clinical heart failure (HF) outcomes among participants with incident HF hospitalizations. We included 2967 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study participants with incident HF hospitalization after Visit 2 (1990-1992). SI, SS, and subtypes of SS were measured at Visit 2. We identified incident HF hospitalization as ICD-9 code 428 and physician adjudicated events; on average HF occurred 17 (SD 8) years after Visit 2. We assessed associations with trajectories of annually measured self-rated health in the 4 years prior to and after incident HF hospitalization (excellent/good self-rated health on a 0-100 scale), using linear mixed effects models. We ca

SUBMITTER: Peter-Marske KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12646434 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature