Alcohol drinking patterns and risk of functional limitations in two cohorts of older adults.

Background & Aims: Several studies have found that moderate alcohol intake is associated with lower risk of functional limitations in older adults. However, no previous investigation has assessed this association in older adults from Mediterranean countries, who show characteristic drinking patterns.

Methods: Data were taken from the UAM and the Seniors-ENRICA cohorts in Spain, comprising community-dwelling people aged ≥60 years.

Contribution of health behaviours and clinical factors to socioeconomic differences in frailty among older adults.

Background: To examine the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and risk of frailty, and to assess whether behavioural and clinical factors (BCF) mediate this association.

Methods: Cohort of 1857 non-institutionalised individuals aged ≥ 60 years recruited in 2008-2010 and followed through 2012. Education, occupation, and BCF were ascertained at baseline, and incident frailty was assessed at follow-up with the Fried frailty criteria.

Three-year changes in drinking patterns in Spain: a prospective population-based cohort study.

Background: This study examined changes in alcohol drinking patterns (DP) and associated variables in a Mediterranean country.

Methods: Changes in DP between baseline (2008-2010) and follow-up (2012-2013) were examined on a Spanish population-based cohort of 2254 adults (18-59 years) using multinomial logistic regression. Heavy consumption was defined as ≥40 g/day of alcohol in men (≥24 g/day in women) and binge drinking (BD) as the intake of ≥80 g of alcohol in men (≥60 g in women) on one occasion in the previous month.

Contribution of lifestyle factors to educational differences in abdominal obesity among the adult population.

Background & Aims: This is the first study to systematically examine the behavioral factors that may explain the inverse association between education and abdominal obesity in adults.

Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted among 3541 men and 3564 women representative of the population aged 25-64 years in Spain. Abdominal obesity was defined as waist circumference >102 cm in men and >88 cm in women.

Sleep duration and mortality according to health status in older adults.

Objectives: To examine the association between usual sleep duration and mortality according to physical and mental health status in older adults.

Design: Prospective study conducted from 2001 to 2008.

Setting: Community-based study.