Economic hardship over twenty-two consecutive years of adult life and markers of early ageing: physical capability, cognitive function and inflammation.

European Journal of Ageing
Else FoverskovRikke Lund

Abstract

This study assesses the associations between annual measures of economic hardship (EH) across 22 years of adulthood and objective measures of early ageing in a Danish late-middle-aged population (N = 5575). EH (years < 60% of the National median equivalized household disposable income) was experienced by 18% during 1987-2008. Four or more years in EH (reference = null years in EH) was related to poorer physical capability (chair rise: - 1.49 counts/30 s [95% confidence interval (CI) - 2.36, - 0.61], hand grip strength: - 1.22 kg [95% CI - 2.38, - 0.07], jump height: - 1.67 cm [95% CI - 2.44, - 0.91] and balance: 18% [95% CI 9, 28]), poorer cognitive function (Intelligenz-Struktur-Test: - 1.50 points [95% CI - 2.89, - 0.12]) and higher inflammatory levels (C-reactive protein: 22% [95% CI 4, 44], and Interleukin-6: 23% [95% CI 10, 39]). Comparing four EH trajectories, people with a high versus low probability of EH over time had poorer physical capability (chair rise: - 1.70 counts/30 s [95% CI - 3.38, - 0.01], grip: - 4.33 kg [95% CI - 6.50, - 2.16], jump: - 1.68 cm [95% CI - 3.12, - 0.25] and balance: 31% [95% CI 12, 52]). No associations were observed with tumour necrosis factor-α. Results were adjusted for sex, age, long-term...Continue Reading

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