1. Association of midlife body composition with old-age health-related quality of life, mortality, and reaching 90 years of age: a 32-year follow-up of a male cohort
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Veikko Salomaa, Timo E. Strandberg, Mika Kivimäki, Satu K. Jyväkorpi, and Annele Urtamo
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Male ,Aging ,Waist ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Overweight ,Logistic regression ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Successful aging ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,Quartile ,Cohort ,Body Composition ,Quality of Life ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Demography - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity increase the risk of morbidity and mortality. The relations between body composition at midlife, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in old age, and longevity are, however, less studied. OBJECTIVES: We examined the association of midlife body composition with successful aging, defined as high HRQoL and reaching 90 y of age, during 32 y follow-up. METHODS: Participants were 1354 men from the Helsinki Businessmen Study, born 1919-1934. In 1985/1986 (mean age: 60 y) various health measurements were performed. Percentages of body fat (BF) and skeletal muscle mass (SM) were calculated using validated formulas (including waist and hip circumferences, weight, and age) and divided into quartiles. In 2000 and 2007 (mean ages: 74 and 80 y, respectively), HRQoL was assessed using RAND-36/Short Form-36 scales. Mortality was retrieved from registers through 2018, and longevity determined by calculating the proportion of participants reaching 90 y. Logistic regression was used to assess ORs with 95% CIs. RESULTS: Higher SM% at midlife in 1985/1986 was associated (P
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- 2020