Loneliness and vascular biomarkers: The Dublin healthy Ageing Study

C. O'Luanaigh; H. O'Connell; A. V. Chin; F. Hamilton; R. Coen; C. Walsh; J. B. Walsh; D. Coakley; A. Molloy; J. Scott; C. J. Cunningham; B. A. Lawlor

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Loneliness and vascular biomarkers: The Dublin healthy Ageing Study

C. O'Luanaigh, H. O'Connell, A. V. Chin, F. Hamilton, R. Coen, C. Walsh, J. B. Walsh, D. Coakley, A. Molloy, J. Scott, C. J. Cunningham, B. A. Lawlor

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Background Loneliness has been associated with poor physical health and a link has been suggested between the presence of loneliness, cardiovascular health and inflammatory markers. Objective To investigate the association between vascular disease biomarkers and loneliness in a community-dwelling non-demented elderly population. Design cross-sectional community based assessment. Participants 466 subjects with mean age 75.45 (SD, 6.06) years. 208 (44.6%) were male. Results Higher levels of HbA1c, but not other vascular biomarkers were independently associated with being lonely. Conclusion Loneliness was associated with raised levels of HbA1c in a community dwelling elderly population. The mechanism for this association has yet to be elucidated but may reflect an abnormal stress response in people who are lonely.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-88
Number of pages	6
Journal	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.2695
Publication status	Published - Jan 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

HbA1c
loneliness
older people
vascular biomarkers

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