Loneliness and type 2 diabetes incidence: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

Loneliness is associated with all-cause mortality and coronary heart disease. However, the prospective relationship between loneliness and type 2 diabetes onset is unclear.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal observational population study with data on 4112 diabetes-free participants (mean age 65.02 ± 9.05) from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Loneliness was assessed in 2004-2005 using the revised University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale. Incident type 2 diabetes cases were assessed from 2006 to 2017. Associations were modelled using Cox proportional hazards regression, adjusting for potential confounders, which included cardiometabolic comorbidities.

Results

A total of 264 (6.42%) participants developed type 2 diabetes o

SUBMITTER: Hackett RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7527325 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature