Social Disadvantage and Social Isolation Are Associated with a Higher Resting Heart Rate: Evidence from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 463-473

  McCrory, Cathal ^a   Finucane, Ciaran ^b   O'Hare, Celia ^a   Frewen, John ^a   Nolan, Hugh ^a   Layte, Richard ^a   Kearney, Patricia M ^c   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

IRISH cohort study; Loneliness; Resting heart rate; Social networks; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; AROUSAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AROUSAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84965148103     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu163     Document Type: Article

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