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Associations of loneliness, social isolation and healthy lifestyle with life expectancy free of major physical disease and mental disorder.

Article A Peer reviewed Meta-analysis or large trial

Key takeaways

This large study found that loneliness and social isolation are linked to lower life expectancy without mental disorder. It's a large-scale study: 277,489 adults.

Who did this work

Wang X · Ma H · Heianza Y · Liang Z · H Franco O · Qi L

Source

Article · PubMed, Lifestyle and CKD · 2026 Aug 20
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42624836/