Social Isolation and Incident Heart Failure Hospitalization in Older Women: Women's Health Initiative Study Findings

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dc.contributor.authorCene, Crystal W.
dc.contributor.authorLeng, Xiaoyan Iris.
dc.contributor.authorFaraz, Khushnood
dc.contributor.authorAllison, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorBreathett, Khadijah
dc.contributor.authorBird, Chloe
dc.contributor.authorCoday, Mace
dc.contributor.authorCorbie-Smith, Giselle
dc.contributor.authorForaker, Randi
dc.contributor.authorIjioma, Nkechinyere N.
dc.contributor.authorRosal, Milagros C
dc.contributor.authorSealy-Jefferson, Shawnita
dc.contributor.authorShippee, Tetyana P.
dc.contributor.authorKroenke, Candyce H.
dc.contributor.departmentPrevention Research Center
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:19.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:04:08Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:04:08Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-01
dc.date.submitted2022-02-23
dc.description.abstractBackground The association of social isolation or lack of social network ties in older adults is unknown. This knowledge gap is important since the risk of heart failure (HF) and social isolation increase with age. The study examines whether social isolation is associated with incident HF in older women, and examines depressive symptoms as a potential mediator and age and race and ethnicity as effect modifiers. Methods and Results This study included 44 174 postmenopausal women of diverse race and ethnicity from the WHI (Women's Health Initiative) study who underwent annual assessment for HF adjudication from baseline enrollment (1993-1998) through 2018. We conducted a mediation analysis to examine depressive symptoms as a potential mediator and further examined effect modification by age and race and ethnicity. Incident HF requiring hospitalization was the main outcome. Social isolation was a composite variable based on marital/partner status, religious ties, and community ties. Depressive symptoms were assessed using CES-D (Center for Epidemiology Studies-Depression). Over a median follow-up of 15.0 years, we analyzed data from 36 457 women, and 2364 (6.5%) incident HF cases occurred; 2510 (6.9%) participants were socially isolated. In multivariable analyses adjusted for sociodemographic, behavioral, clinical, and general health/functioning; socially isolated women had a higher risk of incident HF than nonisolated women (HR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.08-1.41). Adding depressive symptoms in the model did not change this association (HR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.07-1.40). Neither race and ethnicity nor age moderated the association between social isolation and incident HF. Conclusions Socially isolated older women are at increased risk for developing HF, independent of traditional HF risk factors. Registration URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT00000611.
dc.identifier.citation<p>Cené CW, Leng XI, Faraz K, Allison M, Breathett K, Bird C, Coday M, Corbie-Smith G, Foraker R, Ijioma NN, Rosal MC, Sealy-Jefferson S, Shippee TP, Kroenke CH. Social Isolation and Incident Heart Failure Hospitalization in Older Women: Women's Health Initiative Study Findings. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Feb 22:e022907. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.022907. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35189692. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.022907">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p>
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dc.identifier.doi10.1161/JAHA.120.022907
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dc.identifier.pmid35189692
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dc.source.journaltitleJournal of the American Heart Association
dc.source.pagese022907
dc.subjectheart failure
dc.subjectolder adults
dc.subjectsocial isolation
dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectCardiology
dc.subjectCardiovascular Diseases
dc.subjectGeriatrics
dc.subjectMental and Social Health
dc.subjectPreventive Medicine
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.subjectSocial Psychology and Interaction
dc.subjectWomen's Health
dc.titleSocial Isolation and Incident Heart Failure Hospitalization in Older Women: Women's Health Initiative Study Findings
dc.typeJournal Article
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html.description.abstract<p>Background</p> <p>The association of social isolation or lack of social network ties in older adults is unknown. This knowledge gap is important since the risk of heart failure (HF) and social isolation increase with age. The study examines whether social isolation is associated with incident HF in older women, and examines depressive symptoms as a potential mediator and age and race and ethnicity as effect modifiers.</p> <p>Methods and Results</p> <p>This study included 44 174 postmenopausal women of diverse race and ethnicity from the WHI (Women's Health Initiative) study who underwent annual assessment for HF adjudication from baseline enrollment (1993-1998) through 2018. We conducted a mediation analysis to examine depressive symptoms as a potential mediator and further examined effect modification by age and race and ethnicity. Incident HF requiring hospitalization was the main outcome. Social isolation was a composite variable based on marital/partner status, religious ties, and community ties. Depressive symptoms were assessed using CES-D (Center for Epidemiology Studies-Depression). Over a median follow-up of 15.0 years, we analyzed data from 36 457 women, and 2364 (6.5%) incident HF cases occurred; 2510 (6.9%) participants were socially isolated. In multivariable analyses adjusted for sociodemographic, behavioral, clinical, and general health/functioning; socially isolated women had a higher risk of incident HF than nonisolated women (HR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.08-1.41). Adding depressive symptoms in the model did not change this association (HR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.07-1.40). Neither race and ethnicity nor age moderated the association between social isolation and incident HF.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Socially isolated older women are at increased risk for developing HF, independent of traditional HF risk factors.</p> <p>Registration</p> <p>URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT00000611.</p>
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