Exploring the Global Loneliness Crisis

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1. 12 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   The 148-study / ~308,000-participant / ~50% survival result is the 2010 Holt-Lunstad et al. PLoS Medicine paper, not 2016

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   A 2016 meta-analysis by Julianne Holt-Lunstad at Brigham Young University, examining data from 148 studies covering more than 300,000 participants, found that adequate social relationships were associated with a 50 percent greater likelihood of survival. The actual 2010 Holt-Lunstad, Smith & Layton PLoS Medicine paper (the source of the 148-study finding) was entirely missing from the article's Further Reading bibliography.

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   A 2010 meta-analysis by Julianne Holt-Lunstad at Brigham Young University, examining data from 148 studies covering more than 300,000 participants, found that adequate social relationships were associated with a 50 percent greater likelihood of survival. Body text was already correctly fixed to 2010. Added the missing bibliography entry: 'Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., & Layton, J. B. (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk: A meta-analytic review. PLoS Medicine, 7(7), e1000316.'

   Why: Body text correction (2016 to 2010) had already landed correctly, but the actual 2010 PLoS Medicine paper being described was missing entirely from the Further Reading bibliography (a different 2015 Holt-Lunstad paper was present but is not the 148-study meta-analysis referenced in the body). Added the missing citation.

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