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Intercommunity variations in the association between social ties and mortality in the elderly. A comparative analysis of three communities.

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Seeman, TE; Berkman, LF; Kohout, F; Lacroix, A; Glynn, R; Blazer, D
Published in: Ann Epidemiol
July 1993

Identical measures of social ties obtained from three community-based cohorts aged 65 and over from East Boston, MA; New Haven, CT; and two rural counties in Iowa permit the first direct cross-community comparison of the hypothesis that social isolation increases 5-year mortality risks (1982 to 1987) for older men and women. In sex-specific proportional hazards analyses, social ties were significantly and inversely related to mortality independently of age in all three cohorts (e.g., relative hazard (RH) = 1.97 to 3.06 for men and women, comparing those with no ties to those with four types of ties). After controlling for age, pack-years of smoking, body mass, chronic conditions, angina, and physical and cognitive disability, social ties remain significant predictors of mortality risk for the men and women in New Haven (RH = 2.4 and 1.8) and for women in Iowa (RH = 1.9). For the men in Iowa (RH = 1.4) and the men and women in East Boston (RH = 1.0 and 1.3), the associations are weaker and nonsignificant.

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Ann Epidemiol

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1047-2797

Publication Date

July 1993

Volume

3

Issue

4

Start / End Page

325 / 335

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Support
  • Smoking
  • Risk Factors
  • Mortality
  • Marriage
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Health Status
 

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Seeman, T. E., Berkman, L. F., Kohout, F., Lacroix, A., Glynn, R., & Blazer, D. (1993). Intercommunity variations in the association between social ties and mortality in the elderly. A comparative analysis of three communities. Ann Epidemiol, 3(4), 325–335. https://doi.org/10.1016/1047-2797(93)90058-c
Seeman, T. E., L. F. Berkman, F. Kohout, A. Lacroix, R. Glynn, and D. Blazer. “Intercommunity variations in the association between social ties and mortality in the elderly. A comparative analysis of three communities.Ann Epidemiol 3, no. 4 (July 1993): 325–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/1047-2797(93)90058-c.
Seeman TE, Berkman LF, Kohout F, Lacroix A, Glynn R, Blazer D. Intercommunity variations in the association between social ties and mortality in the elderly. A comparative analysis of three communities. Ann Epidemiol. 1993 Jul;3(4):325–35.
Seeman, T. E., et al. “Intercommunity variations in the association between social ties and mortality in the elderly. A comparative analysis of three communities.Ann Epidemiol, vol. 3, no. 4, July 1993, pp. 325–35. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/1047-2797(93)90058-c.
Seeman TE, Berkman LF, Kohout F, Lacroix A, Glynn R, Blazer D. Intercommunity variations in the association between social ties and mortality in the elderly. A comparative analysis of three communities. Ann Epidemiol. 1993 Jul;3(4):325–335.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ann Epidemiol

DOI

ISSN

1047-2797

Publication Date

July 1993

Volume

3

Issue

4

Start / End Page

325 / 335

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Support
  • Smoking
  • Risk Factors
  • Mortality
  • Marriage
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Health Status