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Mortality risk among elderly workers
Author(s) -
Blanc Paul D.,
Katz Patricia,
Yelin Edward
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700260411
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , demography , odds ratio , risk factor , diabetes mellitus , gerontology , odds , population , longitudinal study , environmental health , pathology , sociology , endocrinology
We analyzed population‐based data for respondents aged 70 and older from the Longitudinal Study on Aging. We compared mortality risk among 358 baseline‐year working with 4,373 nonworking respondents. Including other demographic and health status predictors in a multiple logistic regression model, employment remained a significant predictor of survival (mortality odds ratio (OR) = 0.4). Diabetes mellitus was the only factor that displayed a mortality risk that was significantly interactive with work (OR = 3.5). These data suggest that a healthy worker effect persists in older age groups, but that within the working stratum, patterns of risk may differ as compared to those among the nonworking.