The change and correlates of healthy ageing among Chinese older adults: findings from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study tentatively constructs a composite measure of Chinese Healthy Ageing Index (CHAI) among older adults aged 60+ and investigates change of CHAI during 2011-2015 and its association with sociodemographic characteristics.

Methods

Data collected from 8182 old adults aged 60+ in the 2011 and 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS, a nationally representative sample) were used. Six medical measures of blood pressure, peak expiratory flow, cognitive status score, fasting glucose, kidney function and C-reactive function were used to construct CHAI (range 0-12, 0-2 = healthiest, 7-12 = unhealthiest). Ordinary least squares, logistic and random effects models examined social and spatial determinants of CHAI score and the prevalence of the idea

SUBMITTER: Nie P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7839192 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature