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Determinants of All-Cause Mortality and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease (2009 to 2013) in Older Adults.
- Source :
- Angiology; Jul2016, Vol. 67 Issue 6, p541-548, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Aim: Ikaria Island (North-East Aegean, Greece) has been recognized as one of the places with the highest life expectancy around the world (the Blues Zones). Risk factors in relation to 4-year all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in elders were studied. Methods: From June to October 2009, 330 men and 343 women, aged 65 to 100 years, were enrolled, and in June to July 2013, they were reevaluated. Results: Age-standardized, gender-specific, all-cause mortality rate was 790 deaths per 10 000 inhabitants, and causes of death were CVD (36%), cancer (21%), infection (10%), respiratory disease (2%), and other (31%). Incidence of CVDwas 520 cases per 10 000 men inhabitants and 320 cases per 10 000 women (P = .03). Age, male gender, heart rate, urea levels, left atrial maximum volume, left ventricular hypertrophy, thyroid-stimulating hormone, and moderate to severe depression were positively associated with mortality, whereas left ventricular ejection fraction as well as coffee and tea drinking, fruit intake, and exclusive olive oil use were inversely associated with CVD. Conclusion: Heart function markers in addition to antioxidant dietary factors were placed in this puzzle of CVD morbidity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CARDIOVASCULAR disease related mortality
AGE distribution
CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
INFECTION
MORTALITY
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESPIRATORY diseases
SEX distribution
SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry)
T-test (Statistics)
TUMORS
DISEASE incidence
GERIATRIC Depression Scale
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MANN Whitney U Test
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00033197
- Volume :
- 67
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Angiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 115472583
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0003319715603185