Loneliness and the Metabolic Syndrome in a Population-Based Sample of Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Health Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 550-554

  Whisman, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Loneliness; Metabolic syndrome; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONELINESS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956925436     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020760     Document Type: Article

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