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Declining physical abilities with age
— a cross-sectional study of older twins and centenarians in Denmark | | Author(s) | Karen Andersen-Ranberg, Kaare Christensen, Bernard Jeune |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 28, no 4, July 1999 |
| Pages | pp 373-378 |
| Keywords | Centenarians ; Over 70s ; Twins ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Cross sectional surveys ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | The objective of this Danish cross-sectional survey was to evaluate whether physical disability reaches a plateau in the oldest old age groups, based on the ability to perform selected items of basic activities of daily living independently. A total of 3351 individuals participated, which included all those living in Denmark who celebrated their 100th anniversary during the period from 1 April 1995 to 31 May 1996 (276 subjects) and all Danish twins aged 75-94 registered in the Danish Twin Register (3075 subjects). The prevalence of independence in each of six selected ADLs was significantly lower in both men and women centenarians, compared with octogenarians and septuagenarians. The sex difference in independence in all six selected ADLs was larger for each advancing group, with women being most disabled. In centenarians, 20% of women and 44% of men were able to perform all selected ADLs independently. Compared with individuals aged 75-79 years, physical abilities of men and women gradually diminished in age groups 80-84, 85-90 and 90-94, with the lowest levels among 100-year-olds. Although women had lower mortality, they are more disabled than men, and this difference is more marked with advancing age. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990715219 A |
| Classmark | BBT: BBK: SVR: CA: C4: 3KB: 76K |
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