Year: 2017
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: Although health inevitably declines with advancing age, the pattern of health changes varies from person to person. To analyze health changes in old age, the analysis of longitudinal data is essential. In this symposium, five speakers from Japan (Murayama H, Shinkai S, Taniguchi Y) and United States (Liang J and Botoseneanu A) will report findings on health trajectories by using longitudinal data from nationally representative cohorts of older adults (the National Survey of Japanese Elderly in Japan and the Health and Retirement Study in U.S.) as well as community-based studies (the Kusatsu Longitudinal Study on Aging and Health in Japan, KLSAH; Piedmont Dental Study in U.S., PDS). KLSAH is a longitudinal study, which entailed 2,000 community dwelling older adults assessed annually on functional health. PDS involved repeated observations of 810 dentate individuals aged 65 and over in North Carolina from 1988 to 1994. Using such data, each speaker will examine patterns of trajectories including cognitive function, oral health, and physical performance such as gait speed and muscle strength. They will also show the relative contribution of life-style related diseases such as cardiovascular disease and aging-related pathologies such as sarcopenia to different trajectory pattern of functional health. Finally, Shaw B (USA) will discuss how these findings contribute to a better understanding of health in later life and their implications for public health.
Source: Innovation in Aging
Authors: S. Shinkai, J. Liang, B.A. Shaw
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,977
OpenAlex ID: W2724223503