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Relative Deprivation and Mortality – A Longitudinal Study in a Swedish Population of 4,7 Million, 1990–2006
(BioMed Central, 2012)
Background: Relative deprivation has previously been discussed as a possible mechanism underlying the income-health relation. The idea is that income matters to the individual’s health, over and above the increased command ...
Dental status and incident falls among older Japanese: a prospective cohort study
(BMJ Group, 2012)
Objective: To examine if self-reported number of teeth, denture use and chewing ability are associated with incident falls. Design: Longitudinal cohort study (the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study). Setting: 5 Japanese ...
Relative deprivation in income and mortality by leading causes among older Japanese men and women: AGES cohort study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)
Background: Relative deprivation of income is hypothesised to generate frustration and stress through upward social comparison with one's peers. If psychosocial stress is the mechanism, relative deprivation should be more ...
Association between Social Relationship and Glycemic Control among Older Japanese: JAGES Cross-Sectional Study
(Public Library of Science, 2017)
Aim The present study examined whether social support, informal socializing and social participation are associated with glycemic control in older people. Methods: Data for this population-based cross-sectional study was ...
Social participation and mortality: does social position in civic groups matter?
(BioMed Central, 2016)
Background: Social participation is known to predict longevity. However, little is known about the effect of social participation according to an individual’s position in civic groups. We evaluated the influence of social ...
Effect of a community intervention programme promoting social interactions on functional disability prevention for older adults: propensity score matching and instrumental variable analyses, JAGES Taketoyo study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)
Background: The efficacy of promoting social interactions to improve the health of older adults is not fully established due to residual confounding and selection bias. Methods: The government of Taketoyo town, Aichi ...
Laughter and Subjective Health Among Community-Dwelling Older People in Japan: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study Cohort Data
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)
Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of laughter with subjective health independent of socioeconomic status and social participation among older people in Japan. We used the data of 26,368 individuals ...