Retirement age and type as predictors of frailty: a retrospective cohort study of older businessmen.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To study the association between retirement characteristics and frailty in a homogenous population of former business executives.

Design

Cross-sectional cohort study using data from the Helsinki Businessmen Study.

Setting

Helsinki, Finland.

Participants

1324 Caucasian men, born in 1919-1934, who had worked as business executives and managers and of whom 95.9% had retired by the year 2000. Questions on age at and type of retirement, lifestyle and chronic conditions were embedded in questionnaires.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Frailty assessed according to a modified phenotype definition at mean age 73.3 years.

Results

Mean age at retirement was 61.3 years (SD 4.3) and 37.1% had retired due to old age. The prevalence of frailty

SUBMITTER: Haapanen MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7747567 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature