The Prospective Association of Social Integration With Life Span and Exceptional Longevity in Women.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although stronger social relationships have been associated with reduced mortality risk in prior research, their associations with favorable health outcomes are understudied. We evaluated whether higher social integration levels were associated with longer life span and greater likelihood of achieving exceptional longevity.

Method

Women from the Nurses' Health Study completed the Berkman-Syme Social Network Index in 1992 (N = 72,322; average age = 58.80 years), and were followed through 2014 with biennial questionnaires. Deaths were ascertained from participants' families, postal authorities, and death registries. Accelerated failure time models adjusting for relevant covariates estimated percent changes in life span associated with social integration levels; logi

SUBMITTER: Trudel-Fitzgerald C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7664314 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature