Smoking and Physical Inactivity as Predictors of Mobility Impairment During Late Life: Exploring Differential Vulnerability Across Education Level in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test whether older adults from high and low educational groups are differentially vulnerable to the impact of smoking and physical inactivity on the progression of mobility impairment during old age.

Methods

A nationally representative sample of older Swedish adults (n = 1,311), aged 57-76 years at baseline (1991), were followed for up to 23 years (2014). Multilevel regression was used to estimate individual trajectories of mobility impairment over the study period and to test for differences in the progression of mobility impairment on the basis of smoking status, physical activity status, and level of education.

Results

Compared to nonsmokers, heavy smokers had higher levels and steeper increases in mobility impairment with advancing age. However, ther

SUBMITTER: Agahi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6018878 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature