ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2020
Life Course Socioeconomic Conditions and Frailty at Older Ages.
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- Gender-specific sociodemographic and lifestyle factors associated with frailty status among Korean older adults.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Multidimensional health patterns and labor market participation among older workers: Evidence from a European six-year follow-up study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic Status Across the Life-Course and Frailty in Older Age: Evidence From Switzerland.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Adult Socioeconomic Position Mediates the Association Between Childhood Socioeconomic Position and Later-Life Frailty Trajectory: A Nationally Representative Cohort Study.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Early Origins of Frailty: Do Later-Life Social Relationships Alter Trajectories of Decline?Journal of aging and health · 2024Article
- Association of Childhood Adversity With Frailty and the Mediating Role of Unhealthy Lifestyle: A Lifespan Analysis.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2024Article
- Can Social Mobility Impact Frailty Trajectories of Chinese Adults in Later Life? A Nationwide Longitudinal Study.Innovation in aging · 2024Article
- Association of frailty with the use of health services in older adults: a secondary analysis of the Mexican Health and Aging Study.Gaceta medica de Mexico · 2024Article
- Association of childhood adversity with frailty and the mediating role of unhealthy lifestyle: Findings from the UK biobank.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and frailty in later life: a prospective population-based cohort study.Age and ageing · 2023Article
- Trajectories of physical and mental functioning over 25 years before onset of frailty: results from the Whitehall II cohort study.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2023Article
- Historic Redlining Practices and Contemporary Determinants of Health in the Detroit Metropolitan Area.American journal of public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis article aimed to assess associations of childhood socioeconomic conditions (CSC) with the risk of frailty in old age and whether adulthood socioeconomic conditions (ASC) influence this association.
methodsData from 21,185 individuals aged 50 years and older included in the longitudinal Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe were used. Frailty was operationalized as a sum of presenting weakness, shrinking, exhaustion, slowness, or low activity. Confounder-adjusted multilevel logistic regression models were used to analyze associations of CSC and ASC with frailty.
resultsWhile disadvantaged CSC was associated with higher odds of (pre-)frailty in women and men (odds ratio [OR] = 1.73, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.34, 2.24; OR = 1.84, 95% CI 1.27, 2.66, respectively), this association was mediated by ASC. Personal factors and demographics, such as birth cohort, chronic conditions, and difficulties with activities of daily living, increased the odds of being (pre-)frail. DISCUSSION: Findings suggest that CSC are associated with frailty at old age. However, when taking into account ASC, this association no longer persists. The results show the importance of improving socioeconomic conditions over the whole life course in order to reduce health inequalities in old age.
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