Social isolation, loneliness and sarcopenia: insights from three longitudinal ageing cohorts of 22 countries
Our findings suggest social isolation and loneliness should be treated as differentiated measures of social connections in future interventions or studies. Interventions may be more worthwhile before people are exposed to multiple risk factors.
Authors
- J J Zhang
- Dongsheng Bian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2312-114X)
- Hongyi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4518-5315)
- C. X. Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1569-8272)
- Keyi Jiao
- Xiao Han
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Shanghai Mental Health Center (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2025-224839
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00