Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy at age 30 years in the Chinese population: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The improvement of life expectancy is one of the aims of the Healthy China 2030 blueprint. We aimed to investigate the extent to which healthy lifestyles are associated with life expectancy in Chinese adults.

Methods

We used the prospective China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) study to examine the relative risk of mortality associated with individual and combined lifestyle factors (never smoking or quitting not for illness, no excessive alcohol use, being physically active, healthy eating habits, and healthy body shape). Participants with coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer, or missing values for body-mass index were excluded. For analysis of chronic respiratory diseases, participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma were excluded. We estimated the

SUBMITTER: Sun Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7615002 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature