Background: Allostatic load (AL) has shown that high burden of AL is associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes, but little attention has been paid to China with largest ageing population in the world.
Objective: This study is to examine the association between AL and all-cause mortality among Chinese adults aged at least 60 years.
Design: Population-based prospective cohort study.
Background: Socio-demographic transitions have dramatically changed the traditional family care settings in China, caused unmet care needs among older adults. However, whether different primary caregiver types have different influences on disabled older adults' health outcomes remain poorly understood. We aimed to examine the association between the type of primary caregiver (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To identify the prevalence of anaemia among older adults in China by sociodemographic and geographical regions, and cross-sectionally examine the associations between anaemia and several geriatric outcomes.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting And Participants: Participants were 6656 older adults aged at least 60 years with haemoglobin data from the 2015 to 2016 wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine whether frailty could explain variability in healthcare expenditure beyond multimorbidity and disability among Chinese older adults.
Design: Cross-sectional.
Setting And Participants: Participants were 5300 community-dwelling adults age at least 60 years from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.