Impairments in hearing and vision impact on mortality in older people: the AGES-Reykjavik Study.
Average rating
Cast your vote
You can rate an item by clicking the amount of stars they wish to award to this item.
When enough users have cast their vote on this item, the average rating will also be shown.
Star rating
Your vote was cast
Thank you for your feedback
Thank you for your feedback
Authors
Fisher, DianaLi, Chuan-Ming
Chiu, May S
Themann, Christa L
Petersen, Hannes
Jónasson, Friðbert
Jónsson, Pálmi V
Sverrisdottir, Johanna Eyrun
Garcia, Melissa
Harris, Tamara B
Launer, Lenore J
Eiriksdottir, Gudny
Gudnason, Vilmundur
Hoffman, Howard J
Cotch, Mary Frances
Issue Date
2014-01
Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
Age Ageing 2014, 43 (1):69-76Abstract
to examine the relationships between impairments in hearing and vision and mortality from all-causes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among older people.population-based cohort study.
the study population included 4,926 Icelandic individuals, aged ≥67 years, 43.4% male, who completed vision and hearing examinations between 2002 and 2006 in the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study (AGES-RS) and were followed prospectively for mortality through 2009.
participants were classified as having 'moderate or greater' degree of impairment for vision only (VI), hearing only (HI), and both vision and hearing (dual sensory impairment, DSI). Cox proportional hazard regression, with age as the time scale, was used to calculate hazard ratios (HR) associated with impairment and mortality due to all-causes and specifically CVD after a median follow-up of 5.3 years.
the prevalence of HI, VI and DSI were 25.4, 9.2 and 7.0%, respectively. After adjusting for age, significantly (P < 0.01) increased mortality from all causes, and CVD was observed for HI and DSI, especially among men. After further adjustment for established mortality risk factors, people with HI remained at higher risk for CVD mortality [HR: 1.70 (1.27-2.27)], whereas people with DSI remained at higher risk of all-cause mortality [HR: 1.43 (1.11-1.85)] and CVD mortality [HR: 1.78 (1.18-2.69)]. Mortality rates were significantly higher in men with HI and DSI and were elevated, although not significantly, among women with HI.
older men with HI or DSI had a greater risk of dying from any cause and particularly cardiovascular causes within a median 5-year follow-up. Women with hearing impairment had a non-significantly elevated risk. Vision impairment alone was not associated with increased mortality.
Description
To access publisher's full text version of this article, please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field or click on the hyperlink at the top of the page marked Files. This article is open access.Additional Links
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft122http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/content/43/1/69.full.pdf
Rights
openAccessae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/ageing/aft122
Scopus Count
Collections
Related articles
- Impact of sensory impairments on dementia incidence and symptoms among Japanese older adults.
- Authors: Maruta M, Tabira T, Sagari A, Miyata H, Yoshimitsu K, Han G, Yoshiura K, Matsuo T, Kawagoe M
- Issue date: 2020 May
- Vision and hearing impairments, cognitive impairment and mortality among long-term care recipients: a population-based cohort study.
- Authors: Mitoku K, Masaki N, Ogata Y, Okamoto K
- Issue date: 2016 May 27
- Joint Associations of Dual Sensory Impairment and No-Activity Involvement With 1-Year Mortality in Nursing Homes: Results From the SHELTER Study.
- Authors: Yamada Y, Denkinger MD, Onder G, van der Roest HG, Finne-Soveri H, Bernabei R, Topinkova E
- Issue date: 2016 May
- Prevalence and 5-year incidence of dual sensory impairment in an older Australian population.
- Authors: Schneider J, Gopinath B, McMahon C, Teber E, Leeder SR, Wang JJ, Mitchell P
- Issue date: 2012 Apr
- Age-related macular degeneration and mortality in community-dwelling elders: the age, gene/environment susceptibility Reykjavik study.
- Authors: Fisher DE, Jonasson F, Eiriksdottir G, Sigurdsson S, Klein R, Launer LJ, Gudnason V, Cotch MF
- Issue date: 2015 Feb