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Aging successfully until death in old age
— opportunities for increasing active life expectancy | | Author(s) | Suzanne G Leveille, Jack M Guralnik, Luigi Ferrucci |
| Journal title | American Journal of Epidemiology, vol 149, no 7, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 654-664 |
| Keywords | Longevity ; Health [elderly] ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The factors associated with living to an advanced old age and then dying with little or no disability are examined. Participants were men and women aged 65 and over from the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) conducted between 1981 and 1991, and from East Boston, Massachusetts, New Haven, Connecticut, and Iowa. 1,097 people who died late in old age with known disability status within 15 months of death were studied for predictors of dying without disability at the last follow-up interview prior to death. The probability of a non-disabled 65 year old man's surviving to age 80 and then being non-disabled prior to death was 26%, and for a non-disabled 65 year old woman, the probability of surviving to age 85 and being non-disabled before death was 18%. Physical activity was a key factor predicting non-disability before death. There was a nearly twofold increased likelihood of dying without disability among the most physically active group, compared with sedentary adults. These findings provide encouraging evidence that disability prior to death is not an inevitable part of a long life, but may be prevented by moderate physical activity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991223004 A |
| Classmark | BGA: CC: C4: CA: 3KB: 7T * |
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