Long-term loneliness increases the risk of stroke by 56% – study

The study, published in eClinicalMedicine, used data from 2006 to 2018 from the University of Michigan’s Health and Retirement Study

After controlling for factors such as social isolation and depressive symptoms, which are closely related to loneliness but distinct, researchers found that people considered lonely at the start of the study had a 25% higher risk of stroke than those not considered lonely. File Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Long-term loneliness may increase the risk of stroke by 56%, according to a new study.

Researchers from Harvard University in the US found that chronic loneliness could have a big impact on people as they age.