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Predictors of mortality in 2,249 nonagenarians
— the Danish 1905 Cohort Survey | | Author(s) | Hanne Nybo, Hans Chr Petersen, David Gaist |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 51, no 10, October 2003 |
| Pages | pp 1365-1373 |
| Keywords | Nonagenarians ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Death rate [statistics] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | A multidimensional survey of the Danish 1905 cohort conducted in 1995 with follow-up of vital status after 15 months aimed to elucidate whether well-known predictors of mortality are reduced or even reversed, or whether mortality is a stochastic process in the oldest-old. Of the 2,249 participants, 579 (25.7%) had died during the 15 months follow-up. Multivariate analyses showed that marital status, education, smoking, obesity, consumption of alcohol, and a number of self-reported diseases were not associated with mortality. Disability and cognitive impairment were significant risk factors in men and women. In addition, poor self-rated health was associated with an increase in mortality in women. While several known predictors of mortality (e.g. smoking and obesity) have lost their importance for the oldest-old, a high disability level, poor physical and cognitive performance, and self-rated health (women only) predict mortality, which shows that mortality in the oldest-old is not a stochastic process. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031212205 A |
| Classmark | BBR: F: CC: S5: 3J: 76K |
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