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Social connections are differentially related to perceived and physiological age acceleration amongst older adults

2025-02-05 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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Human social connections are complex ecosystems formed of structural, functional and quality components. Weak social connections are associated with adverse age-related health outcomes, but we know little about the ageing-related processes underlying this. Using data from 7,047 adults aged 50+ in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, we explored associations between diverse aspects of social connections and both older subjective age and accelerated physiological age, which provide complement...

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