Alcohol and tobacco consumption concordance and its correlates in older couples in Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

As little is known about alcohol and tobacco consumption concordance between older spouses in low- and middle-income countries, the present study aimed to estimate this in older couples from five Latin American countries.

Methods

This study is a secondary analysis of data collected between 2003 and 2007 by the 10/66 Dementia Research Group, from 1451 couples aged over 65 years from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Kappa statistic was used to assess the agreement of the behavior beyond chance, and logistic regression models with meta-analyses were used to estimate the factors associated with concordance.

Results

The mean age of the total sample was 74.8 years (SD 6.6). The results showed high levels of agreement rates in relation to drink

SUBMITTER: Machado MPA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724508 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature