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Education and the risk of physical disability and mortality among men and women aged 65 to 84
— the Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging | | Author(s) | Luigi Amaducci, Stefania Maggi, Jean Langlois |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological sciences and medical sciences, vol 53A, no 6, November 1998 |
| Pages | pp M484-M490 |
| Keywords | Educational status [elderly] ; At risk ; Physical disabilities ; Death ; Longitudinal surveys ; Italy. |
| Annotation | Most studies report that people with higher education enjoy better health and longer life. Although it is well known that most risk factors are more common among people with a lower level of education, the underlying mechanism of this association is not fully understood. The objective of this study was to assess the association between education, disability and mortality. Data from the Italian Longitudinal Study on Ageing (ILSA) for 1817 men and 1643 women aged 65-84 years was analysed, to assess the association of educational level with physical disability and mortality adjusted for age, sex, smoking habit, occupation, and major chronic conditions. A strong association between low education and disability found in this study may explain the inverse association with mortality reported in previous studies. Death rates were lower among those with 4 or more years of education, compared to those with less. Disability, indeed, seems to be the mediator between education and mortality, and might be due to the higher severity level of diseases, leading to death, in the lower educated group. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990302009 A |
| Classmark | F:V: CA3: BN: CW: 3J: 76V |
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