Declining physical abilities with age: a cross-sectional study of older twins and centenarians in Denmark
Declining physical abilities with age: a cross-sectional study of older twins and centenarians in Denmark
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DOI：
10.1093/ageing/28.4.373
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发表时间：
1999-07-01
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影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Vaupel, JW
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作者：
Andersen-Ranberg, K;Christensen, K;Vaupel, JW
目的：评估最大年龄组的身体残疾是否达到稳定水平。设计：横断面调查。参与者：总共 3351 人，其中包括所有在 1995 年 4 月 1 日至 1996 年 5 月 31 日期间庆祝其 100 周年的丹麦人（276 名受试者）和所有在丹麦双胞胎登记处登记的 75-94 岁丹麦双胞胎（3075 名受试者）。主要结果指标：独立执行选定的日常生活基本活动项目结果：与八十多岁和七十多岁的老人相比，男性和女性百岁老人在六项选定的日常生活活动中每一项的独立发生率均显着较低。对于每个高龄组，所有六种选定的日常生活活动的独立性的性别差异都较大，其中女性残疾程度最高（P < 0.001）。在百岁老人中，20%的女性和44%的男性能够独立完成所有选定的日常生活活动。结论：与75-79岁的个体相比，男性和女性的体能在80-84岁、85-90岁和90-94岁年龄段逐渐下降，其中100岁年龄段的水平最低。尽管女性死亡率较低，但她们的残疾程度高于男性，而且这种差异随着年龄的增长而更加明显。
Objective: to evaluate whether physical disability reaches a plateau in the oldest age groups.Design: cross-sectional survey.Participants: a total of 3351 individuals, which included all those living in Denmark who celebrated their 100th anniversary during the period from 1 April 1995 to 31 May 1996 (276 subjects) and all Danish twins aged 75-94 registered in the Danish Twin Register (3075 subjects).Main outcome measures: the ability to perform selected items of basic activities of daily Living independentlyResults: the prevalence of independence in each of six selected activities of daily living was significantly lower in both men and women centenarians compared with octo- and septuagenarians. The sex difference in independence in all six selected activities of daily living was larger for each advancing age group, with women being most disabled (P < 0.001). In centenarians 20% of women and 44% of men were able to perform all selected activities of daily living independently.Conclusion: compared with individuals aged 75-79 years, physical abilities of men and women gradually diminished in age groups 80-84, 85-90 and 90-94, with the lowest levels among 100-year-olds. Although women have lower mortality, they are more disabled than men, and this difference is more marked with advancing age.