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Self-reported health status and mortality from all-causes of death, cardiovascular disease and cancer in an older adult population in Spain.
| Title: | Self-reported health status and mortality from all-causes of death, cardiovascular disease and cancer in an older adult population in Spain. |
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| Authors: | Laura Torres-Collado, Manuela García de la Hera, Laura María Compañ-Gabucio, Alejandro Oncina-Cánovas, Sandra González-Palacios, Leyre Notario-Barandiaran, Jesús Vioque |
| Source: | PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 1, p e0261782 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine, Science |
| More Details: | AimTo assess the association between self-reported health (SRH) and mortality from all-causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer, in adults 65 years and older in Spain.MethodsWe analysed data of 894 adults (504 women, 390 men) aged 65 years and above from two population-based studies, the EUREYE-Spain study and the Valencia Nutritional Survey (VNS). SRH was assessed at baseline using a single question which is widely used in epidemiological studies: "Overall, how would you consider your health at present?" and the response options were: 1. Very good, 2. Good, 3. Fair, 4. Poor, 5. Very poor. Deaths were ascertained during a 12-year follow-up period, and we used Cox proportional hazards regression models to obtain adjusted hazard ratios (HR).ResultsDuring the 12 years of follow-up (8566.2 person-years), we observed 400 deaths, 158 (39.5%) due to CVD and 89 (22.3%) due to cancer. Fair and poor/very poor SRH were significantly associated with higher all-cause mortality after 12-years of follow-up, HR = 1.29 (95% CI, 1.03-1.61) and HR 1.53 (95% CI, 1.09-2.15), respectively. We observed evidence of higher CVD mortality among those who reported fair and poor/very poor SRH, although the association was attenuated and lost statistical significance in the fully adjusted models.ConclusionThis study suggests that a poor SRH status is associated with a higher all-cause mortality risk among older adults in Spain. Checking SHR status may be useful to plan health care in older adults. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0261782 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/8eaa5b2677a64456a54c35c909ffae57 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.8eaa5b2677a64456a54c35c909ffae57 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| ISSN: | 19326203 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0261782 |
| Published in: | PLoS ONE |
| Language: | English |