Department of Kinesiology and Health, School of Arts and Sciences Rutgers University, USA.
Department of Kinesiology and Health, School of Arts and Sciences Rutgers University, USA; Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University, Athens Greece.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2021 Nov-Dec;97:104523. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2021.104523. Epub 2021 Sep 11.
Comparing lifestyle and successful aging between Greeks living in Greece (GG) and Greeks living abroad (GA) using a multidimensional model of successful aging including both biomedical and non-medical components.
Anthropometric, clinical, psychological, socio-demographic, dietary and lifestyle parameters were assessed in a random sample of 252 GG and 252 GA. Successful aging was evaluated using the validated successful aging index (SAI range 0-10).
GA had better financial and educational status and scored higher in all social activity parameters (p's < 0.05). GA were more likely to be physically active (p < 0.001), had higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet (p < 0.001) and were less likely to be smoking (p = 0.008). Depression was more evident among GG compared to GA (p < 0.001). GA was aging significantly more successfully than GG (p < 0.001). Men irrespective of location were aging significantly more successfully than women (p < 0.05).
Place of residence and personal choices significantly affect the level of healthy aging among people with similar genetic backgrounds.
使用成功老龄化的多维模型(包括生物医学和非医学成分)比较居住在希腊的希腊人(GG)和居住在国外的希腊人(GA)的生活方式和成功老龄化情况。
在随机抽取的 252 名 GG 和 252 名 GA 中评估了人体测量学、临床、心理、社会人口统计学、饮食和生活方式参数。使用经过验证的成功老龄化指数(SAI 范围 0-10)评估成功老龄化。
GA 的财务和教育状况较好,在所有社会活动参数上的得分均较高(p<0.05)。GA 更可能进行身体活动(p<0.001),更遵守地中海饮食(p<0.001),且吸烟的可能性较低(p=0.008)。与 GA 相比,GG 中抑郁更为明显(p<0.001)。GA 的老龄化程度明显比 GG 更成功(p<0.001)。无论居住地如何,男性的老龄化程度明显比女性更成功(p<0.05)。
居住地和个人选择会显著影响具有相似遗传背景的人群的健康老龄化水平。