| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| Lifestyle and 15-year survival free of heart attack, stroke, and diabetes in middle-aged British men | | Author(s) | S Goya Wannamethee, Gerald Shaper, Mary Walker |
| Journal title | Archives of Internal Medicine, vol 158, 7/21 December 1998 |
| Pages | pp 2433-2440 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Longevity ; Middle aged ; Older men ; Death ; Heart disease ; Stroke ; Diabetes ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | The relationship between modifiable lifestyle factors (smoking, physical activity, alcohol intake and body mass index - BMI) and the likelihood of 15-year survival free of cardiovascular end points and diabetes was examined in 7142 middle-aged men (aged 40-59) from the British Regional Heart Survey. During the 15-year follow-up, there were 1064 deaths from all causes, 770 major heart attacks, 247 stroke events and 252 cases of diabetes. The risk of the combined end point (death or having a heart attack, stroke, or diabetes) went up significantly with increasing smoking levels and from BMI levels of 26 kg per sq metre, and decreased significantly with increasing levels of moderate activity with no further benefit thereafter. Light drinking (vs occasional) showed a relatively small but significant reduction of risk. The estimated probability of surviving 15 years free of cardiovascular events and diabetes in a man aged 50 ranged from 89% in a moderately active man at BMI levels of 20-24 who had never smoked, to 42% in an inactive smoker with BMI levels of 30 or higher. Modifiable lifestyles in middle-aged men play an important role in long-term survival free of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and are relevant to health promotion. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991223009 A |
| Classmark | CC: BGA: SE: BC: CW: CQH: CQA: CPD: 3J * |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|