ArticleInternational journal of epidemiology2016
Childhood socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with lower mortality in older Japanese men: the JAGES cohort study.
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- Association between childhood socioeconomic position and sports group participation among Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study from the JAGES 2010 survey.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Socioeconomic Disparity in the Prevalence of Objectively Evaluated Diabetes Among Older Japanese Adults: JAGES Cross-Sectional Data in 2010.Journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
- The Differential Effects of Age on the Association Between Childhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Subjective Symptoms of Dementia Among Older Japanese People.Journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
- Neighborhood Food Environment and Dementia Incidence: the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study Cohort Survey.American journal of preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Neighborhood food environment and mortality among older Japanese adults: results from the JAGES cohort study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Article
- Eating Alone Yet Living With Others Is Associated With Mortality in Older Men: The JAGES Cohort Survey.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2018Article
- Does Type of Residential Housing Matter for Depressive Symptoms in the Aftermath of a Disaster? Insights From the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.American journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
- Social and Behavioural Determinants of the Difference in Survival among Older Adults in Japan and England.Gerontology · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood socioeconomic disadvantage has been previously linked to increased mortality risk in adulthood. However, most previous studies have focused on middle-aged adults in Western contexts. Here, we sought to examine the association between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality among healthy older Japanese adults.
methodsWe conducted a 3-year follow-up of participants in the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES), a population-based cohort of 65- to 103-year-old Japanese adults. Childhood SES was assessed by survey at baseline. Mortality from 2010 to 2013 was analysed for 15 449 respondents (7143 men and 8306 women). Cox regression models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) for risk of death.
resultsA total of 754 deaths occurred during the 3-year follow-up. Lower childhood SES was significantly associated with lower mortality in men, but not in women. Compared with men growing up in more advantaged childhood socioeconomic circumstances, the age-adjusted HR for men from low childhood SES backgrounds was 0.75 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.56-1.00]. The association remained significant after adjustment for height, education, adult SES, municipalities of residence, health behaviours, disease status and current social relationships (HR = 0.64; 95% CI 0.47-0.87). This association was stronger among men aged 75 years or older, HR = 0.67 (95% CI: 0.47-0.95), compared with men aged 65-74 years, HR = 0.90 (95% CI: 0.54-1.51).
conclusionsChildhood socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with lower mortality among men aged 75 years or older, which may be due to selective survival, or alternatively to childhood physical training or postwar calorie restriction in this generation of Japanese males.
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