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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cheval, Boris
• Boisgontier, Matthieu P
• Orsholits, Dan
• Sieber, Stefan
• Guessous, Idris
• Gabriel, Rainer
• Stringhini, Silvia
• Blane, David
• van der Linden, Bernadette W A
• Kliegel, Matthias
• Burton-Jeangros, Claudine
• Courvoisier, Delphine S
• Cullati, Stéphane

Titel

Association of early- and adult-life socioeconomic circumstances with muscle strength in older age

Ist Teil von

• Age and ageing, 2018-05, Vol.47 (3), p.398-407

Ort / Verlag

England: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Background socioeconomic circumstances (SEC) during a person’s lifespan influence a wide range of health outcomes. However, solid evidence of the association of early- and adult-life SEC with health trajectories in ageing is still lacking. This study assessed whether early-life SEC are associated with muscle strength in later life—a biomarker of health—and whether this relationship is caused by adult-life SEC and health behaviours. Methods we used data from the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe, a 12-year population-based cohort study with repeated measurement in six waves (2004–15) and retrospective collection of life-course data. Participants’ grip strength was assessed by using a handheld dynamometer. Confounder-adjusted logistic mixed-effect models were used to examine the associations of early- and adult-life SEC with the risk of low muscle strength (LMS) in older age. Results a total of 24,179 participants (96,375 observations) aged 50–96 living in 14 European countries were included in the analyses. Risk of LMS was increased with disadvantaged relative to advantaged early-life SEC. The association between risk of LMS and disadvantaged early-life SEC gradually decreased when adjusting for adult-life SEC for both sexes and with unhealthy behaviours for women. After adjusting for these factors, all associations between risk of LMS and early-life SEC remained significant for women. Conclusion early-life SEC are associated with muscle strength after adjusting for adult-life SEC and behavioural lifestyle factors, especially in women, which suggests that early life may represent a sensitive period for future health.