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Association between attending cultural events and all-cause mortality: a longitudinal study with three measurements
Lars Olov Bygren1,2, Filip Jansåker3,4, Kristina Sundquist5
1Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Objectives:
To examine the association between cultural attendance and all-cause mortality.
Design:
A longitudinal cohort study over 36 years (1982-2017) with three 8-year interval measurements of exposure (1982/1983, 1990/1991 and 1998/1999) to cultural attendance and a follow-up period to 31 December 2017.
Setting:
Sweden.
Participants:
The study included 3311 randomly selected individuals from the Swedish population with complete data for all three measurements.
Primary Outcome Measurements:
All-cause mortality during the study period in relation to level of cultural attendance. Cox regression models with time-varying covariates were used to estimate HRs adjusted for potential confounders.
Results:
The HRs of cultural attendance in the lowest and middle levels compared with the highest level (reference; HR=1) were 1.63 (95% CI 1.34 to 2.00) and 1.25 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.51), respectively.
Conclusion:
Attending cultural events has a suggested gradient, the lesser cultural exposure the higher all-cause mortality during the follow-up.
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