Social Connections, Diabetes Mellitus, and Risk of Mortality among White and African-American Adults Aged 70 and Older: An Eight-Year Follow-up Study

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3445082	Annals of Epidemiology	2011	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The risk of LSC for mortality is similar to DM. Both factors are independent predictors of death among white and AA adults. In addition to controlling disease risks, improvement of social connections may offer new insights to the reduction of mortality among older adults.

Keywords

LSC NCHS African American Social connections Older adults cardiovascular disease Diabetes Diabetes mellitus CVD confidence interval National Center for Health Statistics Mortality Propensity score