Could loneliness accelerate the progression of diabetes among adults with prediabetes: national longitudinal cohort
Loneliness was independently associated with a higher hazard of progression from prediabetes to diabetes among middle-aged and older adults. Intervention on reducing the frequency of loneliness among the prediabetic population is warranted.
Authors
- Gang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5749-744X)
- Xiaotian Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7639-7740)
- Lei Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4414-9910)
- Feifei Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7644-4423)
- Weiwei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1886-6748)
- Chen Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6592-9318)
Institutions
- Peking University (CN)
- Beijing Anding Hospital (CN)
- Shandong Provincial Hospital (CN)
- Shandong First Medical University (CN)
- University College London (GB)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-07-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23675-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.33
Funders
- Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission