Predicting Successful Aging in a Population-Based Sample of Georgia Centenarians
Joint Authors
MacDonald, Maurice
Hausman, Dorothy B.
Poon, Leonard W.
Hensley, Robert
Rodgers, Willard L.
Johnson, Mary Ann
Martin, Peter
Dai, Jianliang
Siegler, Ilene C.
Arnold, Jonathan
Davey, Adam
Jazwinski, S. Michal
Nahapetyan, Lusine
Arte, Ankit
Source
Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-09-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Used a population-based sample (Georgia Centenarian Study, GCS), to determine proportions of centenarians reaching 100 years as (1) survivors (43%) of chronic diseases first experienced between 0–80 years of age, (2) delayers (36%) with chronic diseases first experienced between 80–98 years of age, or (3) escapers (17%) with chronic diseases only at 98 years of age or older.
Diseases fall into two morbidity profiles of 11 chronic diseases; one including cardiovascular disease, cancer, anemia, and osteoporosis, and another including dementia.
Centenarians at risk for cancer in their lifetime tended to be escapers (73%), while those at risk for cardiovascular disease tended to be survivors (24%), delayers (39%), or escapers (32%).
Approximately half (43%) of the centenarians did not experience dementia.
Psychiatric disorders were positively associated with dementia, but prevalence of depression, anxiety, and psychoses did not differ significantly between centenarians and an octogenarian control group.
However, centenarians were higher on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) than octogenarians.
Consistent with our model of developmental adaptation in aging, distal life events contribute to predicting survivorship outcome in which health status as survivor, delayer, or escaper appears as adaptation variables late in life.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Arnold, Jonathan& Dai, Jianliang& Nahapetyan, Lusine& Arte, Ankit& Johnson, Mary Ann& Hausman, Dorothy B.…[et al.]. 2010. Predicting Successful Aging in a Population-Based Sample of Georgia Centenarians. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Arnold, Jonathan…[et al.]. Predicting Successful Aging in a Population-Based Sample of Georgia Centenarians. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Arnold, Jonathan& Dai, Jianliang& Nahapetyan, Lusine& Arte, Ankit& Johnson, Mary Ann& Hausman, Dorothy B.…[et al.]. Predicting Successful Aging in a Population-Based Sample of Georgia Centenarians. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-513988
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-513988