Longer lives, sicker lives? Increased longevity and extended disability among Mexican-origin elders.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

(a) To identify factors associated with different patterns of functional decline in a longitudinal sample of older Mexican-origin individuals, and (b) to determine the proportions of life after age 65 characterized by serious functional impairment.

Methodology

We use the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly to examine changes in objective Performance Oriented Mobility Assessments in a cohort of 3,050 Mexican-origin elders initially interviewed in 1993/1994 and recontacted 6 times over 17 years. This sample combined with an additional cohort of 902 individuals 75 and older added at wave 4 in 2004/2005 (combined sample = 3,952) is used in life table analyses to estimate the number of years after 65 characterized by serious functi

SUBMITTER: Angel RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4542889 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature