Sex Moderates the Relationship Between Social Support and Cardiovascular Prevention Behaviors in Middle-aged and Older Adults.

Mitti BlakoeDafina PetrovaRocio Garcia-RetameroKaren GonçalvesAndrés CatenaJosé Antonio Ramírez HernándezMaria José Sánchez

Published in: Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2023)

Social support is more strongly associated with cardiovascular prevention in men than in women, such that men who lack social support have the lowest adherence to cardiovascular screening and lifestyle recommendations.

Keyphrases

social support
depressive symptoms
physical activity
metabolic syndrome
middle aged
cardiovascular disease
weight loss
type diabetes
pregnant women
skeletal muscle
pregnancy outcomes