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ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology2016

Trajectories of self-rated health in the last 15 years of life by cause of death.

Sari Stenholm, Mika Kivimäki, Marja Jylhä, Ichiro Kawachi, Hugo Westerlund, Jaana Pentti, Marcel Goldberg, Marie Zins, Jussi Vahtera

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Sari StenholmDepartment of Public Health, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland. sari.stenholm@utu.fi.
Mika KivimäkiDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
Marja JylhäSchool of Health Sciences and the Gerontology Research Center (GEREC), University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
Ichiro KawachiDepartment of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Hugo WesterlundUniversity of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jaana PenttiFinnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.
Marcel GoldbergINSERM, UMS 011, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France.
Marie ZinsINSERM, UMS 011, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France.
Jussi VahteraDepartment of Public Health, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland.

Funding

Medical Research Council K013351Medical Research Council MR/K013351/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poor self-rated health is associated with increased risk of mortality, but no previous study has examined how long-term trajectories of self-rated health differ among people at risk of subsequent death compared to those who survive. Data were drawn from French occupational cohort (the GAZEL study, 1989-2010). This nested case-control study included 915 deceased men and women and 2578 controls matched for sex, baseline age, occupational grade and marital status. Self-rated health was measured annually and dichotomized into good versus poor health. Trajectories of poor self-rated health up to 15 years were compared among people who subsequently died to those who survived. Participants contributed to an average 10.3 repeated assessments of self-rated health. Repeated-measures log-binomial regression analysis with generalized estimating equations showed an increased prevalence of poor self-rated health in cases 13-15 years prior to death from ischemic and other cardiovascular disease [multivariable-adjusted risk ratio 2.06, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.55-2.75], non-smoking-related cancers (1.57, 95 % CI 1.30-1.89), and suicide (1.78, 95 % CI 1.00-3.16). Prior to death from ischemic and other cardiovascular disease, increased rates of poor self-rated health were evident even among persons who were free of cardiovascular diseases (2.05, 95 % CI 1.50-2.78). In conclusion, perceptions of health diverged between the surviving controls and the deceased already 15 years prior to death. For cardiovascular mortality, decline in self-rated health started before diagnosis of the disease leading to death. The findings suggest that declining self-rated health might capture pathological changes before and beyond the disease diagnosis.

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Cause of DeathHealth StatusAdultAgedCardiovascular DiseasesCase-Control StudiesFemaleFranceHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial IschemiaNeoplasmsPrevalenceRegression AnalysisRisk FactorsCause-specific mortalityCohort studySelf-rated healthTrajectory

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