Combined Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Disability-Free Survival: the Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have suggested that a healthy lifestyle (HL) may prolong the years of life spent in good health. However, the impact of HL on disability-free survival (DFS) among the elderly is still uncertain.

Objective

To investigate the relationship between HL and DFS in the general elderly population.

Design

Prospective cohort study with a 10-year follow-up (2006-2016).

Participants

9910 community-dwelling elderly people (≥ 65 years).

Main measures

A HL index derived by summing the number of HL behaviors. Data on incident disability were retrieved from the public Long-term Care Insurance database. Multivariate-adjusted 50th percentile differences (PDs) in age at disability or death (months) and their 95% CIs were estimated with the Laplac

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6712118 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature