Associations of neighbourhood food retail with disability and death in older adults: Cardiovascular Health Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A healthier diet is associated with lower chronic disease burden, but the impact of neighbourhood food environments on disability and death in older adults is not known.

Methods

In the Cardiovascular Health Study, a cohort study of adults aged 65+, we calculated study years until death (years of life (YOL)), study years without activities of daily living (ADL) difficulty (years of able life; YoAL) and percent of study years without ADL difficulty (compression of disability). Linear regression quantified associations of food establishments within 5 km of baseline home address (as a z-score) with each outcome, adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics. Sensitivity analyses considered adjustment for risk factors and comorbidities, multiple imputation, alternate n

SUBMITTER: Bhatia R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11773660 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature