Williams Sharon R, Pham-Kanter Genevieve, Leitsch Sara A
Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, 700 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2009 Nov;64 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):i67-75. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbn015. Epub 2009 Feb 9.
This paper presents a description of the methods used in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project to detect the presence of chronic conditions and diseases associated with aging. It also discusses the validity and distribution of these measures.
Markers associated with common chronic diseases and conditions of aging were collected from 3,005 community-dwelling older adults living in the United States, aged 57-85 years, during 2006. Dried blood spots, physical function tests, anthropometric measurements, self-reported history, and self-rated assessments were used to detect the presence of chronic conditions associated with aging or of risk factors associated with the development of chronic diseases.
The distribution of each measure, disaggregated by age group and gender, is presented.
This paper describes the methodology used as well as the distribution of each of these measures. In addition, we discuss how the measures used in the study relate to specific chronic diseases and conditions associated with aging and how these measures might be used in social science analyses.
本文介绍了“美国国家社会生活、健康与老龄化项目”中用于检测与衰老相关的慢性病和疾病的方法。同时,还讨论了这些测量方法的有效性和分布情况。
2006年期间,从居住在美国的3005名年龄在57至85岁之间的社区老年人中收集了与常见慢性病和衰老状况相关的标志物。通过干血斑、身体功能测试、人体测量、自我报告病史和自我评估来检测与衰老相关的慢性病或与慢性病发展相关的风险因素的存在情况。
按年龄组和性别分类列出了每项测量指标的分布情况。
本文描述了所使用的方法以及这些测量指标各自的分布情况。此外,我们还讨论了该研究中使用的测量指标与特定的与衰老相关的慢性病和状况之间的关系,以及这些测量指标如何用于社会科学分析。