Social participation and coronary heart disease risk in a large prospective study of UK women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Participation in social activities is thought to prevent heart disease, but evidence is inconclusive.

Design

We assessed whether participating in social activities reduces the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in a large prospective study of 735,159 middle-aged UK women.

Methods

Women reported their participation in eight social activities (religious group, voluntary work, adult education, art/craft/music, dancing, sports club, yoga, bingo) and were followed for first CHD event (hospital admission or death) over the next 8.6 years. Cox regression models were used to estimate relative risks for CHD incidence by participation in each and in any of the social activities.

Results

After adjustment for age and region only, every activity except bingo wa

SUBMITTER: Floud S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4871172 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature