1. Healthy Behaviors and Incidence of Disability in Community-Dwelling Elderly.
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Ryo Hotta, Hyuma Makizako, Takehiko Doi, Kota Tsutsumimoto, Sho Nakakubo, Keitaro Makino, Takao Suzuki, and Hiroyuki Shimada
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HEALTH behavior , *HEALTH of older people , *DISEASE incidence , *OLDER people with disabilities , *HEALTH , *SMOKING , *EXERCISE for older people , *SLEEP , *DISEASES in older people , *PEOPLE with disabilities , *CHI-squared test , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *EXERCISE , *INTERVIEWING , *LONG-term health care , *RESEARCH funding , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *DATA analysis software , *KAPLAN-Meier estimator , *ONE-way analysis of variance - Abstract
Objectives: In this paper and prospective study, we examine the number of healthy behaviors and the incidence of disability in community-dwelling older adults aged 65 years and older. Methods: Participants (N = 4483) were residents of Obu, Japan who were asked about regular exercise, smoking status, and sleep duration. Demographic variables, history of disease, physical function, and cognitive function were measured as confounders. Information about disability was obtained from the Obu City Office. Results: At 24 months after baseline assessment, 165 participants (3.7%) were certified as having disability. Participants with 2 healthy behaviors had a 1.61-fold increased risk of disability (95% CI: 1.08 -2.42) compared with those with 3 healthy behaviors; those with one or no healthy behaviors had a 2.01-fold risk (95% CI: 1.26-3.19) even though adjusting for confounders. Conclusions: The number of healthy behaviors was associated with the incidence of disability, with the hazard ratios increasing progressively as the number of healthy behaviors decreased. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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