Adherence to Healthy Lifestyle and Attenuation of Biological Aging in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the effects of lifestyle modification on biological aging in population-based studies of middle-aged and older adults.

Method

We examined the individual and joint associations of multiple lifestyle factors with accelerated biological aging measured by change in frailty index (FI) over 8 years in a prospective study of Chinese adults. Data were obtained on 24 813 participants in the China Kadoorie Biobank on lifestyle factors and frailty status at baseline and at 8 years after baseline. Adherence to healthy lifestyle factors included nonsmoking or quitting smoking for reasons other than illness, avoidance of heavy alcohol consumption, daily intake of fruit and vegetables, being physically active, body mass index of 18.5-23.9 kg/m2, and waist-t

SUBMITTER: Fan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8599067 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature