Key result
Poor social health (social isolation, lack of social support, or loneliness) showed no association with cardiovascular disease incidence across 5 studies including 2,137 CHD and 590 stroke events.
Why the study?
While international reviews linked poor social health to CHD and stroke, two Australian studies reported no association, prompting an investigation of CVD incidence in Australia and New Zealand.
Does poor social health increase the incidence of cardiovascular disease in people living in Australia and New Zealand?
Comparison
Social isolation, lack of social support, or loneliness vs not having poor social health
Design
Systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies
Follow-up
3 to 16 years
Authors
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No association in ANZ cohorts cautions against assuming universal risk; leaves open cultural or methodological modifiers of international signals.
Systematic Review
Yes
Does poor social health increase the incidence of cardiovascular disease in people living in Australia and New Zealand?
This meta-analysis found no conclusive association between poor social health and cardiovascular disease incidence in Australia and New Zealand, though limited by few studies and reliance on self-reported outcomes.
Freak‐Poli et al. (2022) conducted a systematic review in Cardiovascular disease (CVD). Poor social health (social isolation, lack of social support or loneliness) vs. Good social health was evaluated on Incidence of CVD (CHD and stroke). Poor social health (social isolation, lack of social support, or loneliness) showed no association with cardiovascular disease incidence across 5 studies including 2,137 CHD and 590 stroke events.
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