scholarly journals Gender and Age of Migration Differences in Mortality Among Older Mexican Americans

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 1707-1718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana M Reyes ◽  
Marc A Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Lower Risk ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Lifestyle Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Of Mortality ◽  
Lifestyle Risk ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objectives Using a gendered life course perspective, we examine whether the relationship between age of migration and mortality is moderated by gender among a cohort of older Mexican Americans. Methods Data from the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly and recently matched mortality data are used to estimate Cox proportional hazard models. Results Our findings indicate that the relationship between age of migration and mortality is moderated by gender, suggesting a more nuanced perspective of the immigrant mortality paradox. Among men, midlife migrants exhibit an 18% lower risk of mortality compared to their U.S.-born co-ethnics, possibly due to immigrant selectivity at the time of migration. Conversely, late-life migrant women exhibit a 17% lower risk of mortality relative to U.S.-born women, attributed in part to socio-cultural characteristics that influence lifestyle risk factors across the life course. Discussion Selection mechanisms and acculturation processes associated with the immigrant experience are contingent on both age and gender, suggesting the utility of an integrated life course approach to contextualize the mortality profiles of older immigrants. These findings demonstrate the heterogeneity among immigrants and highlight the need to understand gender differences in the migration process when assessing the immigrant mortality paradox.

scholarly journals Involvement of the Androgen and Glucocorticoid Receptors in Bladder Cancer

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucien McBeth ◽  
Maria Grabnar ◽  
Steven Selman ◽  
Terry D. Hinds
Keyword(s):  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
Glucocorticoid Receptors ◽  
Lifestyle Risk Factors ◽  
Glucocorticoid Signaling ◽  
Major Player ◽  
Inflammatory Processes ◽  
Lifestyle Risk ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Male To Female

Bladder cancer is encountered worldwide having been associated with a host of environmental and lifestyle risk factors. The disease has a male to female prevalence of 3 : 1. This disparity has raised the possibility of the androgen receptor (AR) pathway being involved in the genesis of the disease; indeed, research has shown that AR is involved in and is likely a driver of bladder cancer. Similarly, an inflammatory response has been implicated as a major player in bladder carcinogenesis. Consistent with this concept, recent work on anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid signaling points to a pathway that may impact bladder cancer. The glucocorticoid receptor- (GR-)αisoform has an important role in suppressing inflammatory processes, which may be attenuated by AR in the development of bladder cancer. In addition, a GR isoform that is inhibitory to GRα, GRβ, is proinflammatory and has been shown to induce cancer growth. In this paper, we review the evidence of inflammatory mediators and the relationship of AR and GR isoforms as they relate to the propensity for bladder cancer.

scholarly journals Lifestyle Risk Factors and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality: Data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (17) ◽  
pp. 3040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inhwan Lee ◽  
Shinuk Kim ◽  
Hyunsik Kang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Lifestyle Risk Factors ◽  
Disease Mortality ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Lifestyle Risk ◽  
Cvd Mortality

This study examined the association between lifestyle risk factors and all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in 9945 Korea adults (56% women) aged 45 years and older. Smoking, heavy alcohol intake, underweight or obesity, physical inactivity, and unintentional weight loss (UWL) were included as risk factors. During 9.6 ± 2.0 years of follow-up, there were a total of 1530 cases of death from all causes, of which 365 cases were from CVD. Compared to a zero risk factor (hazard ratio, HR = 1), the crude HR of all-cause mortality was 1.864 (95% CI, 1.509–2.303) for one risk factor, 2.487 (95% confidence interval, CI, 2.013–3.072) for two risk factors, and 3.524 (95% CI, 2.803–4.432) for three or more risk factors. Compared to a zero risk factor (HR = 1), the crude HR of CVD mortality was 2.566 (95% CI, 1.550–4.250) for one risk factor, 3.655 (95% CI, 2.211–6.043) for two risk factor, and 5.416 (95% CI, 3.185–9.208) for three or more risk factors. The HRs for all-cause and CVD mortality remained significant even after adjustments for measured covariates. The current findings showed that five lifestyle risk factors, including smoking, at-risk alcohol consumption, underweight/obesity, physical inactivity, and UWL, were significantly associated with an increased risk of all-cause and CVD mortality in Korean adults.

The Relationship between Depression and Lifestyle Risk Factors in Office Workers

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
YoungYun Jin ◽  
Sunghun Yang ◽  
Haeryon Hong ◽  
Changduk Ha ◽  
Jiyoung Kong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Office Workers ◽  
Lifestyle Risk Factors ◽  
Lifestyle Risk ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Lifestyle Risk Factors and the Population Attributable Fractions for Overweight and Obesity in Chinese Students of Zhejiang Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Gu ◽  
Siliang Zhou ◽  
Ke Lou ◽  
Rui Deng ◽  
Xingxiu Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Lifestyle Factors ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
Lifestyle Risk Factors ◽  
Population Attributable Fractions ◽  
Attributable Fractions ◽  
Lifestyle Risk ◽  
The Relationship

Objectives: To assess the relationship between modifiable lifestyle factors and risk of overweight/obesity in Chinese students, and to evaluate the predicting prevalence of overweight if the lifestyle risk factors were removed.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 40,141 students in grade three and above (8–24yrs) in 2019 in Zhejiang Province, China. Physical examination was performed, and a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect lifestyle information, including dietary behavior, physical activity, TV watching, sleeping, smoking, drinking, and tooth-brushing habits. Logistic regression models were performed to assess the relationship between overweight/obesity and a series of lifestyle factors. Population attributable fractions (PAFs) were used to calculate the predicting prevalence of overweight/obesity if lifestyle risk factors were removed.Results: The prevalence of overweight/obesity of participants was 25.5% (male 32.3%, female 18.1%). Overweight/obesity were associated with adverse lifestyle factors, such as watch TV ≥1 h/day (OR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.11–1.22), insufficient sleep (OR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.11–1.22), and irregular toothbrushing habits (OR = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.01–1.39). Based on the calculated PAFs, the predicted prevalence of overweight/obesity would decline moderately if lifestyle factors were modified, with the magnitudes of decrease vary by sex, age and residence. Generally, a larger reduction was estimated if the sleeping time was increased and TV time was reduced, with the prevalence of overweight/obesity decreased by 1.1% (95% CI: 0.7, 1.5%) and 0.9% (95% CI: 0.6, 1.2%), respectively.Conclusions: Predicted prevalence of overweight/ obesity in Chinese students may decrease if modifiable lifestyle risk factors were removed. The attributable risk for obesity of lifestyle behaviors varied in age, sex and residence groups. The findings of this study may provide insights for planning and optimizing future obesity intervention endeavors.

scholarly journals ”Man får hjälp då man behöver” - äldre närståendevårdtagares vårdval ur ett livsloppsperspektiv

Gerontologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-114
Author(s):  
Sarah Åkerman ◽  
Fredrica Nyqvist ◽  
Mikael Nygård
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Informal Care ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Relationship

Den demografiska utvecklingen leder till omorganiseringar inom den finländska äldreomsorgen. Privatisering, marknadisering och närståendevård ökar med konsekvenser för vårdbehövande och deras anhöriga. Temat för den här artikeln är närståendevård. Tidigare forskning har fokuserat i större utsträckning på vårdarna, trots att också vårdtagaren är en aktiv part i vården. Enligt livsloppsperspektivet ses åldrande som en livslång process. En individs livslopp påverkas av de begränsningar och möjligheter som styr hennes val och handlingar i en specifik historisk och social kontext. I den här studien har sju vårdtagare intervjuats med kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer. Syftet var att studera äldre närståendevårdtagares vårdval ur ett livsloppsperspektiv. Studiens frågeställningar var: hur kan bakgrunden till närståendevårdtagarnas vårdval förstås ur ett livsloppsperspektiv? Vad har vårdtagarna för tankar om framtiden? Resultaten visade att valet av närståendevård påverkades av den personliga bakgrunden och relationen till närståendevårdaren, men även av delvis negativa attityder till formell äldreomsorg. Vårdtagarna oroade sig för framtida vårdarrangemang. ”You receive help when you need it” – older informal care recipients’ care choice from a life course perspective Demographic development leads to increasing privatization, marketization and informal care in Finnish eldercare. The theme for this study is informal care. Previous research has focused on caregivers, even though the recipient is also an active part in care. According to the life course perspective, ageing is a lifelong process that takes place in a historical and social context. Seven older informal care recipients have been interviewed using qualitative semi-structured interviews. The aim was to study older informal care recipients’ care choice from a life course perspective. The research questions were: how can the background of the recipients’ care choice be understood from a life course perspective? What are the recipients’ thoughts on the future? The results showed that the care recipients’ choice was affected by personal reasons and the relationship with the caregiver, but also by partly negative attitudes towards formal eldercare. The care recipients worried about future arrangements.

scholarly journals Muskuloskeletal aldring, arbejdsevne og "sundhedsbrøken"

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Møller ◽  
Susanne Reventlow
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
Specific Term ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work And Health

Physical activity in leisure-time is recommended by authorities as healthy while physical activity at work is often considered to be harmful to your health. In Denmark the term ‘nedslidning’ is used to describe the gradual physical deterioration due to exposures in the work environment. This article presents a review of the literature about physical work and health, and the historical and present use of the term ‘nedslidning’ is described. Instead of using the not vey specific term ‘nedslidning’, the article suggests that the process of deterioration is seen as part of the musculoskeletal ageing process. The reader is presented to a ’life course perspective’ on the aging process and to a ‘life course perspective’ on the relationship between the physical activity in work life and the following physical function in midlife. The paper concludes with a recommendation of the use of these perspectives in future occupational research and in daily life, where professionals are working with the relationship between work environment and health.

The Effect of Smoking on the Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and All-Cause Mortality in Canadian Women

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-386
Author(s):  
Jürgen Rehm ◽  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Susan Bondy ◽  
Mary Jane Ashley ◽  
Joanna Cohen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Protective Effect ◽  
Lower Risk ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Moderate Drinking ◽  
Risk Of Mortality ◽  
Heavy Drinkers ◽  
All Cause Mortality ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Effect Of Light

The protective effect of light to moderate drinking on all-cause mortality in general is well established, but there have been questions on its generalizability to women and non-smokers. The present study addresses these questions with a large cohort of Canadian middle-aged women. The key findings indicate that light to moderate drinkers have a markedly lower risk of mortality compared with current abstainers and that this effect is independent of smoking status. Part of this effect may be due to ex-drinkers who are part of the current abstainers group. Heavy drinkers have a higher mortality risk than light to moderate drinkers.

Gaining Faith, Losing Faith: How Education Shapes the Relationship between Religious Transitions and Later Depression

2021 ◽  
pp. 002214652110463
Author(s):  
Laura Upenieks ◽  
Patricia A. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Religious Participation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Frequent Attendance ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Depression Education ◽  
The Relationship

Using the life course perspective, we assess the “resources” and “risks” to mental health associated with transitions in religious attendance between early life and midlife and how this process may be influenced by education. Drawing on over 35 years of prospective panel data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, baseline models suggest that stable, frequent attendance accumulated between adolescence to midlife and increases to frequent attendance by adulthood are associated with the lowest depression relative to consistent nonattenders. Individuals who declined in their religious participation report higher depression. Education conditioned this association, whereby declines in religious participation negatively impacted the health of those without a college degree more strongly and increases benefitted the well-educated to a greater extent. We combine insights from the life course perspective and work on social stratification and religiosity to interpret our results and offer directives for future research.

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