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1Department of Smart Information Communication Engineering, Sangmyung University, Cheonan, South Korea.
Iranian Journal of Public Health
|February 28, 2022
Summary
Lifestyle risk factors significantly increase mortality risk in older Korean women. Multiple factors substantially elevate the chances of death from all causes and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Area of Science:
- Gerontology
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
Background:
- Investigating the impact of lifestyle risk factors on mortality in older Korean women.
- Focus on all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality.
Purpose of the Study:
- To determine the association between lifestyle risk factors and mortality in Korean women aged 60 and older.
- Quantify the risk of all-cause and CVD mortality based on the number of lifestyle risk factors.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of data from 3,034 participants in the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging.
- Identification of lifestyle risk factors: smoking, alcohol abuse, underweight/obesity, physical inactivity, and unintentional weight loss.
- Assessment of premature deaths from all causes and CVD over a mean follow-up of 9.6 years.
Main Results:
- A total of 628 all-cause deaths (20.7%) and 137 CVD deaths (4.5%) were recorded.
- Crude hazard ratios for all-cause mortality increased with the number of risk factors (HR=2.277 for one, 2.977 for two, 5.154 for three or more).
- Crude hazard ratios for CVD mortality also increased (HR=2.035 for one, 2.468 for two, 4.484 for three or more). Adjusted analyses showed significance for three or more risk factors.
Conclusions:
- Individual and combined lifestyle risk factors are significantly associated with increased all-cause and CVD mortality in older Korean women.
- The presence of multiple lifestyle risk factors poses a substantial threat to longevity and cardiovascular health in this demographic.
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