Loneliness in middle age and biomarkers of systemic inflammation: Findings from Midlife in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Middle-aged adults who are lonely have an elevated likelihood of death. Systemic inflammation may contribute to these increased odds. Using population-level data, this study tested if systemic inflammation is associated with loneliness in a broad age range of middle-aged adults in the United States.

Methods

This study used data from the Midlife in the US (MIDUS) survey Biomarker Project, which collected data on psychological, social, and physiological measures from a sample of middle-aged adults. This sample included the 927 participants who were 35-64 years at Biomarker Project data collection. MIDUS collected baseline data from 1995-1996 and a follow-up survey was conducted from 2004-2006. The baseline Milwaukee sample of African Americans was collected in 2005-2

SUBMITTER: Nersesian PV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6013269 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature