Lammi U K
University of Tampere, Department of Public Health, Finland.
Ann Med. 1990 Feb;22(1):25-30. doi: 10.3109/07853899009147236.
Factors predicting functional capacity in 1984 in men aged 65-84 years were studied by path analysis in 716 men from eastern and southwestern Finland as part of the 25 year follow up of the East-West Study i.e., the Finnish part of the Seven Countries Study. The variables selected to predict functional capacity were measured in 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974 and 1984. Diastolic blood pressure levels explained more of the variation in future functional capacity than did those of systolic blood pressure. Body mass index explained more of the variation in the future functional capacity in the east than in the south west. Serum cholesterol concentration and smoking habits were not associated with future functional capacity, accounting for only up to 10.7% and 4% of the variation in functional capacity in old age in the east and the south west respectively. There are area differences between the predictors of functional capacity, but a single health or health practice variable plays little part in the variation in functional capacity.
作为“东西方研究”（即“七国研究”的芬兰部分）25年随访研究的一部分，对来自芬兰东部和西南部的716名65至84岁男性进行了路径分析，以研究1984年预测其功能能力的因素。用于预测功能能力的变量于1959年、1964年、1969年、1974年和1984年进行测量。舒张压水平对未来功能能力变化的解释比收缩压水平更多。身体质量指数对东部未来功能能力变化的解释比西南部更多。血清胆固醇浓度和吸烟习惯与未来功能能力无关，分别仅占东部和西南部老年功能能力变化的10.7%和4%。功能能力预测因素存在地区差异，但单一的健康或健康行为变量在功能能力变化中作用不大。
