Individual and Environmental Determinants of Late-Life Community Disability for Persons Aging With Cardiovascular Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of late-life community disability for adults 65 yrs and older with cardiovascular disease versus those without. This study also investigated the contributions of environmental and individual risk factors on late-life community disability for persons with cardiovascular disease.

Design

This is a secondary data analysis of the 2016 round of the National Health and Aging Trends Study. The study sample included community-dwelling Americans with cardiovascular disease (n = 1490) and without (n = 4819). Logistic regression was used to estimate associations between individual risk factors, environmental factors, and community disability for those with cardiovascular disease.

Results

Individuals with cardiovascular

SUBMITTER: Keeney T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6705120 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature