The association between self-rated health and all-cause mortality and explanatory factors in China's oldest-old population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-rated health (SRH) is considered a condensed summary of information about bodily conditions that involves people's biological, cognitive, and cultural status, but has been under-studied in the oldest old population. This study aimed to investigate the association between SRH and all-cause mortality among the oldest-old population in China and to explore potential explanatory factors in this association.

Methods

The study was based on the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) from 1998 to 2018 and included 30 222 participants aged 80 years or older (ie, the oldest old) in the analysis. We used Cox models to assess the association between SRH and mortality in this population and its subgroups, and used the Percentage Excess Risk Mediated approac

SUBMITTER: Xiong S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9305379 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature