Why the study?
Does adequate social support improve physical health at age 70 in men?
Population
223 men followed prospectively over 50 years
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
50 years
Authors
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Social support adequacy should not yet guide interventions for physical health in men; leaves open mediation by prior smoking, depression, and alcohol abuse.
Does adequate social support improve physical health at age 70 in men?
Much of the association between poor social supports and physical health in late life may be mediated by prior alcoholism, smoking, and psychopathology.
Vaillant et al. (1998) studied this question.
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