ArticleDiabetologia2020
Loneliness and type 2 diabetes incidence: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
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- Biopsychosocial and Nutritional Factors of Depression among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Chronic Disease Outcomes in Adults: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2026Review
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- Social Disconnection, Genetic Risk, and the Incidence of Degenerative Valvular Heart Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Intersecting Burdens: Pain and Psychosocial Stressors in Women with HIV and Type 2 Diabetes - Insights from the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study.Research square · 2026Article
- Loneliness and social isolation in transitions to adverse health conditions and mortality: an analysis of data from the UK Biobank study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2026Article
- Testing a conceptual framework of loneliness, social isolation and health outcomes in older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Change in loneliness and subsequent cardiometabolic Multimorbidity among middle-aged and older adults: results from two east asian prospective cohorts.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Article
- Associations between perceived stress, psychosocial stressors, and HbA1c levels in healthy young adults from a prospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Health effects associated with alcohol consumption: a Burden of Proof study.Nature health · 2026Article
- Association of diabetes mellitus and social isolation with loneliness among older Japanese adults: a cross-sectional study.Endocrine · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic, Lifestyle, and Social Isolation Correlates of TyG, METS-IR, and SPISE-IR Scores in a Large Spanish Working Population.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Associations of Stressful Life Events With Diabetes Incidence in China: Insights From the China Kadoorie Biobank.Journal of diabetes · 2025Article
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Abstract
aims/hypothesisLoneliness is associated with all-cause mortality and coronary heart disease. However, the prospective relationship between loneliness and type 2 diabetes onset is unclear.
methodsWe conducted a longitudinal observational population study with data on 4112 diabetes-free participants (mean age 65.02 ± 9.05) from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Loneliness was assessed in 2004-2005 using the revised University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale. Incident type 2 diabetes cases were assessed from 2006 to 2017. Associations were modelled using Cox proportional hazards regression, adjusting for potential confounders, which included cardiometabolic comorbidities.
resultsA total of 264 (6.42%) participants developed type 2 diabetes over the follow-up period. Loneliness was a significant predictor of incident type 2 diabetes (HR 1.46; 95% CI 1.15, 1.84; p = 0.002) independent of age, sex, ethnicity, wealth, smoking status, physical activity, alcohol consumption, BMI, HbA CONCLUSIONS/
interpretationLoneliness is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. The mechanisms underlying this relationship remain to be elucidated. Graphical abstract.
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