Midlife contributors to socioeconomic differences in frailty during later life: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health inequalities persist into old age. We aimed to investigate risk factors for socioeconomic differences in frailty that could potentially be modified through policy measures.

Methods

In this multi-wave longitudinal cohort study (Whitehall II study), we assessed participants' socioeconomic status, behavioural and biomedical risk factors, and disease status at age 45-55 years, and frailty (defined according to the Fried phenotype) at baseline and at one or more of three clinic visits about 18 years later (mean age 69 years [SD 5·9]). We used logistic mixed models to examine the associations between socioeconomic status and risk factors at age 50 years and subsequent prevalence of frailty (adjusted for sex, ethnic origin, and age), with sensitivity analyses and

SUBMITTER: Brunner EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6120440 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature