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| Smoking, physical activity, and active life expectancy | | Author(s) | Luigi Ferrucci, Grant Izmirlian, Suzanne Leveille |
| Journal title | American Journal of Epidemiology, vol 149, no 7, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 645-652 |
| Keywords | Tobacco smoking ; Exercise ; Longevity ; Mobility ; Physical disabilities ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Population-based samples of people aged _65 years from the East Boston, Massachusetts, New Haven Connecticut, and Iowa sites of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) were assessed between 1981 and 1983, and followed for mortality and disability over six annual follow-ups. A total of 8,604 people without disability at baseline were classified as "ever" or "never" smokers and doing "low", "moderate" or "high" level physical activity. Active and disabled lifestyle expectancies were estimated using a Markov chain model. Compared with smokers, men and women non-smokers survived 1.6-3.9 and 1.6-3.6 years longer, respectively, depending on level of physical activity. When smokers were disabled and close to death, most non-smokers were still non-disabled. Physical activity, from low to moderate to high, was significantly associated with more years of life expectancy in both smokers (9.5, 10.5, 12.9 years in men and 11.1, 12.6, 15.3 in women at age 65). and non-smokers (11, 14.4, 16.2 in men and 12.7, 16.2, 18.4 in women at age 65). Higher physical activity was associated with fewer years of disability prior to death; and refraining from smoking predicts a longer and healthier life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991223003 A |
| Classmark | ETT: CEA: BGA: C4: BN: 3J: 7T * |
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