Social Integration Is Associated With Fibrinogen Concentration in Elderly Men
Eric B. Loucks, PhD,
Lisa F. Berkman, PhD,
Tara L. Gruenewald, PhD and
Teresa E. Seeman, PhD
From the Department of Society, Human Development & Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (E.B.L., L.F.B.); and the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California (T.L.G., T.E.S.).

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Figure 1. Age-adjusted mean fibrinogen concentrations in men and women according to social network quartile. The figure legend refers to the social network quartiles, in which quartile 1 contains the most socially isolated participants and quartile 4 contains those who are most socially integrated. Error bars represent standard error of mean.
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