Social networks and physical exercise positively influence well-being in 50-year-olds, whereas smoking, angina, and drug intake have negative effects.
Social networks and exercise linked to well-being in 50-year-olds; cross-sectional design leaves causal effects and interventions open.
Self-assessed well-being has been shown to be related to earlier medical events and to be a predictor of mortality. 50-year-old men and women (n = 314) in Kungsör were invited to an examination for traditional risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and different aspects of self-assessed well-being. The differences between men and women concerning their well-being could not explain the differences in the expected mortality between the sexes. A well-developed social network and physical exercise were the most positive determinants of well-being, while drug intake, angina pectoris, and smoking were the most negative.
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