Socioeconomic factors from midlife predict mobility limitation and depressed mood three decades later; Findings from the AGES-Reykjavik Study

BMC Public Health

Tamara B Harris²  Vilmundur Gudnason⁴  Lenore J Launer²  Pálmi V Jónsson⁴  Gudny Eiriksdottir⁴  Jacques ThM van Eijk⁶  Gertrudis IJM Kempen⁵  Kristín Siggeirsdóttir¹  Thor Aspelund⁴  Marjan van den Akker³  Hans Bosma⁶  Annemarie Koster⁶  Daniëlle AI Groffen⁶ 

[1]Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland

[2]Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

[3]Department of General Practice, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

[4]Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

[5]CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

[6]Department of Social Medicine, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands

关键词: Old age;    Midlife;    Depressed mood;    Mobility limitation;    Socioeconomic status;   

Others  :  1162578
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-13-101

 received in 2012-10-17, accepted in 2013-01-30,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Taking into account our rapidly ageing population, older people are of particular interest in studying health inequalities. Most studies of older persons only include measures of current socioeconomic status (SES) and do not take into account data from earlier stages of life. In addition, only classic SES measures are used, while alternative measures, such as car ownership and house ownership, might equally well predict health. The present study aims to examine the effect of midlife socioeconomic factors on mobility limitation and depressed mood three decades later.

Methods

Data were from 4,809 men and women aged 33–65 years who participated in the Reykjavik Study (1967–1992) and who were re-examined in old age in the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES) -Reykjavik Study (2002–2006).

Results

Education and occupation predicted mobility limitation and depressed mood. Independently, home and car ownership and the availability of housing features predicted mobility limitation. Shortages of food in childhood and lack of a car in midlife predicted depressed mood.

Conclusion

Socioeconomic factors from midlife and from childhood affect mobility limitation and depressed mood in old age. Prevention of health problems in old age should begin as early as midlife.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Groffen et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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