Social relationships and the risk of incident heart failure: results from a prospective population-based study of older men.
Aishah CoyteRachel PerryAnna Olia PapacostaLucy T LennonPeter Hynes WhincupSasiwarang Goya WannametheeAnd Sheena Esther RamsayPublished in: European heart journal open (2021)
Weaker social relationships appear to increase the risk of developing heart failure in older age. Further research is needed to investigate pathways underlying these associations and to test whether interventions to strengthen social relationships can reduce the risk of heart failure.