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Highlights of Papers in Clinical Investigations Section: Factors Associated with Healthy Aging: The Cardiovascular Health Study
Author(s) -
Burke GL,
Arnold AM,
Bild DE
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49302452.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , diabetes mellitus , obesity , blood pressure , disease , risk factor , physical therapy , endocrinology
In the Cardiovascular Health Study, 3,332 participants age 65 years and older who were free of chronic disease were followed for over 6.5 years. The vast majority of older adults remained healthy during the follow‐up period. Physical activity, not smoking, lack of obesity, lack of diabetes mellitus, high high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, and lower blood pressure were associated with maintenance of good health in this population. Behavior and risk‐factor modification may be expected to enhance the number of years of healthy living in older people.