Life course socioeconomic trajectories and chronic disease risk in later life among 30,055 older adults across 27 European countries (the SHARE study).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although socioeconomic position (SEP) is consistently associated with health outcomes, little is known about life course SEP in relation to chronic disease risk over long-term follow-up and in multiple countries. This study aimed to identify life course socioeconomic trajectories and examine their relation with chronic disease risk in later life in a cohort study of an older European population of 27 countries.

Methods

We used data from the European Longitudinal Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). SEP was measured in childhood (household overcrowding in childhood), adulthood (educational attainment) and older adulthood (income). Occurrence of eight chronic diseases was self-reported over a 16-year follow-up period. We identified life course

SUBMITTER: Abreu TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12836848 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature