Health trajectories after age 60: the role of individual behaviors and the social context.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to detect health trajectories after age 60, and to explore to what extent individual and social factors may contribute to healthier aging.

Methods

Twelve-year health trajectories were identified in subjects from the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (N=3108), integrating five indicators of disease, physical and cognitive function, and disability through nominal response models. Growth mixture models were applied to explore health trajectories in terms of rate and pattern of change. Baseline information about health-related behaviors and the social context was collected through standardized questionnaires. The strength of the associations was estimated using logistic regression, and their impact through population attributable

SUBMITTER: Calderon-Larranaga A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8386565 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature