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Exposure

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C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • Humans1

Associations

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Social frailty

downin humans1OR 0.38

1 study

  1. Making new friends lower the risk of social frailty in humans (adjusted OR 0.38, 95% CI 0.27-0.54).

    “making new friends was significantly associated with lower risk of subsequent social frailty (adjusted OR, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.27-0.54).”

    Humanswithout social frailty at baseline48 monthsn = 2,174

    Impacts of Negative and Positive Life Events on Development of Social Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

    Journal of the American Medical Directors Association29 Feb 2024

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