Friendship may help protect women from chronic health conditions in older age, study finds
ABCSatisfying human connections in mid-life may help protect women from chronic health conditions in older age, a Queensland-led study has found. Key points: Women were asked every three years about relationships with partners, friends and colleagues Those with the lowest relationship scores had the highest odds of having multiple chronic diseases The study ran from 1996 to 2016 University of Queensland researchers tracked more than 7,600 Australian women aged between 45 and 50 for two decades as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Professor Mishra said despite the clear link between human connections in middle-age and disease risk later in life, the researchers were unable to conclude that bad relationships caused health problems by age 70. "These implications may help counsel women regarding the benefits of starting or maintaining high quality and diverse social relationships throughout middle to early old age," they wrote.
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