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| Health behaviors and survival among middle-aged and older men and women in the NHANES I Epidemiologic follow-up study | | Author(s) | Maradee A Davis, John M Neuhaus, Deborah J Moritz |
| Journal title | Preventive Medicine, vol 23, 1994 |
| Pages | pp 369-376 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Longevity ; Tobacco smoking ; Alcoholism ; Exercise ; Weight ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Since the 1960s, there has been a decline in mortality rates for older US adults, suggesting the importance of examining the role of prevention and health promotion in improving the health and survival of older adults. Epidemiological studies of age and gender differences in the impact of health behaviours on survival for older US adults are needed to provide information for intervention and health promotion efforts for older Americans. The authors examined whether health behaviour risk factors (smoking, drinking, physical activity, and body weight) for mortality vary by age and gender in 6,109 adults aged 45-74 in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1971-1975 (NHASES I) who were traced in the 1982/84 follow-up survey. In middle-aged men (aged 45-54) and older men (aged 65-74), smoking and non-recreational physical activity were both predictors of survival time. For older men, drinking and low body mass index (BMI) were associated with shorter survival time. Among women, there was less consistency of associations across age groups; as with men, non-recreational physical activity and low BMI were associated with shorter survival time among older women. Specific behavioural risk factors may vary by age and gender. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980108248 A |
| Classmark | CC: BGA: ETT: ETA: CEA: 4X6: 49: 7T * |
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