Department of Sociology, 169101University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Carolina Population Center, 169101University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
J Aging Health. 2022 Oct;34(6-8):1048-1061. doi: 10.1177/08982643221087807. Epub 2022 Apr 28.
To investigate multiple dimensions of social relationships related to biomarkers of cardiometabolic health and how their associations vary by wealth in older adults. Growth curve models were used to investigate the longitudinal associations between measures of both positive and negative social relationships and cardiometabolic risk (CMR) over a 10-year period from 2006 to 2016 and the moderation of this association by wealth in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Older adults with better social relationships had lower CMR on average. The protective effects of positive social relationships, however, waned at older ages, particularly for low-wealth individuals. Our results suggest that good social relationships promote healthy aging by buffering against harmful cardiometabolic consequences of psychosocial stress, particularly among relatively wealthy individuals. Efforts to improve old age health would be more effective when focusing simultaneously on fostering social connections and boosting financial resources.
为了探究与中老年人心血管代谢健康生物标志物相关的多种社会关系维度，以及这些关系在财富方面的差异。本研究使用增长曲线模型，从 2006 年至 2016 年，对健康与退休研究（HRS）中，10 年期间积极和消极社会关系指标与心血管代谢风险（CMR）之间的纵向关联，以及财富对该关联的调节作用进行了调查。社会关系较好的老年人，其 CMR 通常较低。然而，积极社会关系的保护作用随着年龄的增长而减弱，尤其是对于低财富的个体而言。研究结果表明，良好的社会关系通过缓冲心理社会压力对心血管代谢的有害影响，促进了健康老龄化，尤其是在相对富裕的个体中。在关注培养社会联系和增加财政资源的同时，努力改善老年健康状况将更为有效。
