Characteristics and Incidence of Chronic Illness in Community-Dwelling Predominantly Male U.S. Veteran Centenarians.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the incidence of chronic illness and its effect on veteran centenarians.

Design

Retrospective longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

United States Veterans Affairs Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW).

Participants

Community-dwelling veterans born between 1910 and 1915 who survived to at least age 80 (N = 86,892; 31,121 octogenarians, 52,420 nonagenarians, 3,351 centenarians).

Measurements

The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate cumulative incidence of chronic conditions according to age group. Incidence rates were compared using the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate unadjusted hazard ratios.

Results

Ninety-seven percent of Centenarians were male, 88.0% were white, 31.8% were widowed, 87.5% served

SUBMITTER: Kheirbek RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724032 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature