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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
[Childhood health and social factors associated to elderly morbidity]
Teresita Elisa Ruiz-Pantoja1, Roberto Ham-Chande
1Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias, UNAM, México.
Objective:
The aim was to determinate if health status of the elderly in Mexico at the beginning of the 21st. Century is associated to earlier social and health conditions during child-hood, including sex differences.
Material And Methods:
The research was conducted using survey data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) 2001.
Results:
Linear regression models point out that life styles during childhood and adulthood are not independent, both influencing morbidity in elderly years.
Conclusion:
Parents' education and household characteristics through childhood represent main protection factors; however, this finding cannot be generalized.
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