Key result
A low level of social activities was significantly associated with increased cardiovascular mortality (p=0.04) in middle-aged men over a 12-year follow-up.
Why the study?
Does a high level of social network and activities reduce mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and other causes in middle-aged men?
Cohort (n=989)
No
Does a high level of social network and activities reduce mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and other causes in middle-aged men?
A good social network and high level of activities may partly protect against non-cancer mortality, including cardiovascular mortality, in middle-aged men.
Assessment of social activities should not yet alter CV prevention; extends observational data but leaves causality open.
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Welin et al. (1992) conducted a cohort in Mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer and other causes (n=989). Social network and activities vs. Low level of social network and activities was evaluated on Mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer and other causes (p=0.04). A low level of social activities was significantly associated with increased cardiovascular mortality (p=0.04) in middle-aged men over a 12-year follow-up.
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