Impact of social integration on metabolic functions: Evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal study of US older adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Yang Claire ^a,c   Li, Ting ^b   Ji, Yinchun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Glycosylated hemoglobin; High density lipoprotein cholesterol; Metabolic functions; Older adults; Social integration; Social network size; Total cholesterol; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84890529505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1210     Document Type: Article

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