Social relationships and the risk of incident heart failure: results from a prospective population-based study of older men.

Aims: Limited social relationships, particularly in older adults, have been implicated as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the associations between poor social relationships and heart failure incidence.

Methods And Results: Prospective study of socially representative men aged 60-79 years drawn from general practices in 24 British towns and followed up for a maximum of 18 years.