Today's adult generations are less healthy than their predecessors: generation shifts in metabolic risk factors: the Doetinchem Cohort Study

Background The health of the elderly of the future is partly determined by their exposure to metabolic risk factors during their life course. Our aim is to study generation shifts in metabolic risk factors. Design Cohort study. Methods We used data of the Doetinchem Cohort Study, that started in 198...

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Published in:European journal of preventive cardiology 2014-09, Vol.21 (9), p.1134-1144
Main Authors: Hulsegge, Gerben, Picavet, H Susan J, Blokstra, Anneke, Nooyens, Astrid CJ, Spijkerman, Annemieke MW, van der Schouw, Yvonne T, Smit, Henriëtte A, Verschuren, WM Monique
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Distribution
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology
Disease Progression
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Forecasting
Health Status
Heart
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic Diseases - complications
Metabolic Diseases - epidemiology
Morbidity - trends
Netherlands - epidemiology
Overweight - complications
Overweight - epidemiology
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Socioeconomic Factors
Young Adult
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Summary:Background The health of the elderly of the future is partly determined by their exposure to metabolic risk factors during their life course. Our aim is to study generation shifts in metabolic risk factors. Design Cohort study. Methods We used data of the Doetinchem Cohort Study, that started in 1987–1991 and had follow-up examinations after 6, 11, and 16 years (n = 6377). The analyses were stratified by sex and generation, i.e. 10-year age groups (20–29, 30–39, 40–49, and 50–59 years) at baseline. Whether a generation had, at a similar age, a different risk profile compared to a generation born 10 years earlier (i.e. generation shift) was tested by means of generalized estimation equations. Results The prevalence of overweight, obesity, and hypertension increased with age within all generations, but in general more recently born generations had, at a similar age, a higher prevalence of these risk factors than generations born 10 years earlier (p 
ISSN:2047-4873
2047-4881
DOI:10.1177/2047487313485512