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| Lifestyle behaviours and quality-adjusted life years in middle and older age | | Author(s) | Phyo K Myint, Richard D Smith, Robert N Luben |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 40, no 5, September 2011 |
| Pages | pp 589-595 |
| Source | http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.bgs.org.uk/ |
| Keywords | Over 70s ; Middle aged ; Health [elderly] ; Behaviour ; Tobacco smoking ; Alcoholic beverages ; Exercise ; Diet ; Quality of life. |
| Annotation | The objective of the study was to examine the relationship between combined lifestyle behaviours and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) in a general population. 13,358 men and women who were aged between 40 and 79 years at baseline took part in the study. A score of 1 was given to each of non-smoking, physically active, moderate alcohol consumption (1_14 units) and consumption of at least five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. A total of 12,921 people were still alive when followed up approximately eleven years later. 437 individuals (4.4% of men and 2.4% of women) died in the intervening years. The death rate was 6.5 times higher in people with health behaviour score 0 compared with those who scored 4 (8.4 versus 1.3%). People with higher scores had significantly higher QALYs. Preliminary findings support the view that modifiable lifestyle factors are an important component in health improvement. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110922012 A |
| Classmark | BBK: SE: CC: DM: ETT: YPP: CEA: CFD: F:59 |
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