Social relationships and mortality | Nature Human Behaviour

Are social isolation and loneliness associated with an increased risk of mortality? Wang et al. show that both social isolation and loneliness are associated with an increased risk of all-cause and cancer mortality in the general population by a systematic review and meta-analysis of 90 prospective cohort studies.

In this issue of Nature Human Behaviour, Wang et al.⁶ conduct an updated systematic review and meta-analysis to explore how social isolation and loneliness are associated with the risk of mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease and cancer in the general population, as…