Socioeconomic inequalities in active life expectancy and disability related to obesity among older people Efecto sobre la salud de las desigualdades socioeconómicas en el adulto mayor. Resultados basales del estudio expectativa de vida saludable y discapa
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Albala Brevis, Cecilia
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Sánchez, Hugo
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Lera Marques, Lydia
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Angel, Bárbara
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Cea, Ximena
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2019-03-11T13:03:03Z
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2019-03-11T13:03:03Z
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2011
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Revista Medica de Chile, Volumen 139, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1276-1285
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00349887
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07176163
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10.4067/S0034-98872011001000005
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/165448
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Background: The rapid increase in life expectancy in Chile, with obesity as the main nutritional problem in all age groups, makes it necessary to ask whether the years gained are healthy. Aim: To study the trajectories of disability associated with obesity in Chilean elderly groups from different socio-economic and demographic backgrounds. Material and Methods: Longitudinal study of 3 cohorts of older adults from Santiago: the SABE cohort including 1235 people born before 1940; the Alexandros cohort including 950 people born between 1940 and 1948 from Primary Health Care centers and the ISAPRES cohort of 266 people from private health insurance registries (ISAPRES) born before 1947. An interview yielded socio demographic data and history of diseases. Anthropometric measurements and hand dynamometry were performed. Cognitive status was assessed by the mini mental state examination, depressive symptoms through the geriatric depression socore-5 and functional limitations through self-repo
Socioeconomic inequalities in active life expectancy and disability related to obesity among older people Efecto sobre la salud de las desigualdades socioeconómicas en el adulto mayor. Resultados basales del estudio expectativa de vida saludable y discapa