Social isolation and 59 common health conditions: insights from observational and genetics analyses
Social isolation is associated with elevated risks of 17 out of the 59 examined adverse health outcomes, predominantly mortality-related conditions; however, MR analyses indicate an absence of evidence supporting causality for these associations.
Authors
- Qi Yong H. Ai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1155-4389)
- Qiqi Wu
- Tong Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2876-6970)
- Yaping Liu
- Jihui Zhang
- Sizhi Ai
- Yu He
- Hongliang Feng
- Yiliang Ou
- Yu Nie
- Puiyin Li
- Yannis Yan Liang
Institutions
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Peking University (CN)
- Key Laboratory of Guangdong Province (CN)
- Peking University People's Hospital (CN)
- Peking University First Hospital (CN)
- Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital (CN)
- Guangdong 999 Brain Hospital (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-026-04784-1
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00