Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the relationship between age and physical and mental health varies by diabetes status in older U.S. adults. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Using data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, a national sample of 3,005 adults aged 57-85 years, we tested the significance of the interaction between age and diabetes in association with health states. RESULTS: Respondents with diabetes in the youngest age cohort had more medical conditions than those without diabetes, a difference that narrowed with age (P for interaction <0.01). The youngest cohort with diabetes had a higher rate of depression compared to those without diabetes (14 vs. 8%). Depression declined with age and did not differ by diabetes status in the oldest respondents (P = 0.01 for age-diabetes interaction). CONCLUSIONS: Diabetes differentially affects self-rated overall health and depression by age, with convergence in the oldest age-group with and without diabetes.
Source: Diabetes Care
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-2266
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Awards: G1679481751, G2021055342, G2098320831, Effective Inpatient Diabetes Management and the Transition to Outpatient Care, Identifying Effective Treatment Strategies for Older Adults with Diabetes, G3509393298, G3515949408, G589670121, National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: Anaylsis of Wave 1 and Wave 2, Diabetes Research and Training Center, G8662895743, G866364697, G8733642795, G9000015117, Chicago Center for Diabetes Translation Research
OpenAlex ID: W2155693959