ArticleBMC geriatrics2021
Stratification in health and survival after age 100: evidence from Danish centenarians.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Outcomes of hip fracture in centenarians: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European geriatric medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Dietary patterns and survival to 100 + years: an empty systematic review of cohort and case-control studies.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Pooled it
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- Genetic, Socioecological, and Health Research on Extreme Longevity in Semisupercentenarians and Supercentenarians: A Scoping Review.Journal of aging research · 2026Article
- Preserved cognitive-functional phenotype in centenarians and its association with modifiable risk factors for dementia: Results from the Colombian centenarians project.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Swedish centenarian health - a nationwide, observational study on care utilization, drug use, morbidity, and mortality among Swedish centenarians in 1990 to 2022.BMC geriatrics · 2025Observational
- Machine learning prediction of survival in centenarians after age 100: a retrospective, population-based cohort study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025Article
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- Life-Course Pathways to Exceptional Longevity: Evidence From the Lothian Birth Cohort of 1921.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
- Profiles of centenarians' functioning: linking functional and cognitive capacity with depressive symptoms.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
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- Blood biomarker profiles and exceptional longevity: comparison of centenarians and non-centenarians in a 35-year follow-up of the Swedish AMORIS cohort.GeroScience · 2024Article
- Multimorbidity Clusters in the Oldest Old: Results from the EpiChron Cohort.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe existence of a super-select group of centenarians that demonstrates increased survivorship has been hypothesized. However, it is unknown if this super-select group possesses similar characteristics apart from extreme longevity.
methodsIn this study, we analyse high-quality health and survival data of Danish centenarians born in 1895, 1905 and 1910. We use Latent Class Analysis to identify unobserved health classes and to test whether these super-select lives share similar health characteristics.
resultsWe find that, even after age 100, a clear and distinct gradient in health exists and that this gradient is remarkably similar across different birth cohorts of centenarians. Based on the level of health, we identify three clusters of centenarians - robust, frail and intermediate - and show that these groups have different survival prospects. The most distinctive characteristic of the robust centenarians is the outperformance in different health dimensions (physical, functional and cognitive). Finally, we show that our health class categorizations are good predictors of the survival prospects of centenarians.
conclusionsThere is a clear stratification in health and functioning among those over 100 years of age and these differences are associated with survival beyond age 100.
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