Functional decline among older cancer survivors in the Baltimore longitudinal study of aging.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence has begun to emerge indicating that cancer survivors experience accelerated aging. This study examines this phenomenon by evaluating trajectories of functional decline in older adults with a history of a cancer diagnosis relative to those without a history of cancer.

Methods

Community dwelling healthy volunteers in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging were evaluated in the Clinical Research Unit of the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program. Between 2006 and 2019, 1728 men and women (aged 22-100) underwent clinical evaluation of functional status; 359 reported having a history of cancer. Longitudinal associations between self-reported cancer history and measures of functional decline were examined using generalized estimating equatio

SUBMITTER: Siddique A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8595548 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature