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People who are alone and lonely are at greater risk of heart disease isolation / ,aɪsə'leʃən / n. 隔离；孤立 CET6 cognitive / 'kɑɡnətɪv / adj. 认知的，认识的 TEM8 stroke / strok / n. （游泳或划船的）划；中风 CET4 peer/ pɪr / n. 贵族；同等的人 CET4 Loneliness and social isolation can impact a person's health, causing problems ranging from high blood pressure and being overweight to cognitive decline and even an increased risk of dying at a young age. New research has now put a number on how this can affect someone's risk of heart disease and stroke specifically. Researchers at the University of York found that people who are isolated -- meaning they have few social connections -- or feel lonely have a 29% higher risk of having heart disease and 32% higher risk of having a stroke when compared with their peers who were either well connected or at least felt like they were well-connected. To arrive at these numbers, researchers combined data from 23 studies that altogether included more than 180,000 adults living in high-income countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.