https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Social determinants of health and frailty are associated with all-cause mortality in older adults https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:45063 p< 0.01) reduced the risk of dying, after adjusting for potential confounders. While, not counting on someone to trust (HR= 1.59; p< 0.03) and having a sense a lack of control over important decisions in life increased the mortality risk. Conclusions: Given that frailty and the SDH affect health using independent pathways, public health systems in Mexico could benefit from increasing the capacity of identifying frail and isolated older adults and providing a risk-stratified health care accordingly.]]> Wed 26 Oct 2022 11:43:11 AEDT ]]> Edentulism and quality of life among older Ghanaian adults https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:22816 Wed 11 Apr 2018 17:09:56 AEST ]]> The impact of multimorbidity on adult physical and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: what does the study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE) reveal? https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:22846 Wed 11 Apr 2018 16:46:51 AEST ]]> Common risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases among older adults in China, Ghana, Mexico, India, Russia and South Africa: the study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) wave 1 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:22891 Wed 11 Apr 2018 15:21:56 AEST ]]> Social determinants of self-reported health in women and men: understanding the role of gender in population health https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:15134 Wed 11 Apr 2018 14:44:25 AEST ]]> Health inequalities among older men and women in Africa and Asia: evidence from eight health and demographic surveillance system sites in the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE study https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:11174 Wed 11 Apr 2018 14:27:53 AEST ]]> Validation of a measure of subjective well-being: an abbreviated version of the day reconstruction method https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:15101 Wed 11 Apr 2018 14:12:56 AEST ]]> Ageing and adult health status in eight lower-income countries: The INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:11229 Wed 11 Apr 2018 10:52:09 AEST ]]> Data Resource Profile: Cross-national and cross-study sociodemographic and health-related harmonized domains from SAGE plus CHARLS, ELSA, HRS, LASI and SHARE (SAGE+ Wave 2) https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:43642 Tue 27 Sep 2022 09:38:50 AEST ]]> Prediction of 24-hour sodium excretion from spot urine samples in South African adults: a comparison of four equations https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:41975 Tue 16 Aug 2022 15:48:47 AEST ]]> Disability, quality of life and all-cause mortality in older Mexican adults: association with multimorbidity and frailty https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35029 Tue 04 Jun 2019 14:19:50 AEST ]]> Food insecurity partially mediates associations between social disadvantage and body composition among older adults in India: results from the study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:33979 Thu 21 Oct 2021 12:52:18 AEDT ]]> Inflammation and central adiposity as mediators of depression and uncontrolled diabetes in the study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:40074 n = 1831) to evaluate if inflammation and central adiposity mediate the relationship between depression and diabetes. Methods: Depression was estimated using a behavior-based diagnostic algorithm, inflammation using venous dried blood spot (DBS) CRP, central adiposity using waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and uncontrolled diabetes using venous DBS-glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). Results: The association between depression and uncontrolled diabetes was partially mediated by CRP before but not after WHtR was considered. When WHtR was added to the model, it partially mediated the relationship between diabetes and depression while fully mediating the relationship between depression and CRP. Conclusions: These findings suggest that central adiposity may be a more significant mediator between diabetes and depression than inflammation and account for the relationship between these disorders and inflammation. Depression may cause an increase in central adiposity, which then may lead to diabetes, but the increase in known systemic inflammatory pathways caused by central adiposity may not be the key pathological mechanism.]]> Thu 14 Jul 2022 12:29:11 AEST ]]> Exposure to air pollution and tobacco smoking and their combined effects on depression in six low- and middle-income countries https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:34059 2.5) and smoking and their combined (interactive) effects on depression. Method: Multilevel logistic regression analysis of baseline data of a prospective cohort study (n=41 785). The 3-year average concentrations of PM2.5 were estimated using US National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellite data, and depression was diagnosed using a standardised questionnaire. Three-level logistic regression models were applied to examine the associations with depression. Results: The odds ratio (OR) for depression was 1.09 (95% Cl 1.01-1.17) per 10μg/m³ increase in ambient PM2.5, and the association remained after adjusting for potential confounding factors (adjusted OR=1.10, 95% CI 1.02-1.19). Tobacco smoking (smoking status, frequency, duration and amount) was also significantly associated with depression. There appeared to be a synergistic interaction between ambient PM 2.5 and smoking on depression in the additive model, but the interaction was not statistically significant in the multiplicative model. Conclusions: Our study suggests that exposure to ambient PM2.5 may increase the risk of depression, and smoking may enhance this effect.]]> Thu 09 Dec 2021 11:03:15 AEDT ]]> Assessing tobacco use in an African population: serum and urine cotinine cut-offs from South Africa https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46909 Thu 08 Dec 2022 08:26:11 AEDT ]]> Greater chronic morbidity is associated with greater fatigue in six countries A case of evolutionary mismatch? https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:52201 Thu 05 Oct 2023 10:08:44 AEDT ]]> Data resource profile: cross-national and cross-study sociodemographic and health-related harmonized domains from SAGE plus ELSA, HRS and SHARE (SAGE+, Wave 1). https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:29662 n = 18 886; ELSA, n = 9181; HRS, n = 19 303; and SHARE, n = 29 917. The microdata, along with further details about the harmonization process and all metadata, are available through the World Health Organization (WHO) data archive at [http://apps.who.int/healthinfo/systems/surveydata/index.php/catalog]. Further information and enquiries can be made to [sagesurvey@who.int] or the corresponding author. The data resource will continue to be updated with data across additional waves of these surveys and new waves.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:32:18 AEDT ]]> Iodine status assessment in south african adults according to spot urinary iodine concentrations, prediction equations, and measured 24-h iodine excretion https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:32808 Mon 23 Sep 2019 10:55:19 AEST ]]> Epidemiology of body mass index in Ghana: evidence from WHO Study on global ageing and adult health, Wave 2 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53930 Mon 22 Jan 2024 16:50:49 AEDT ]]> Universal health coverage in emerging economies: findings on health care utilization by older adults in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation, and South Africa https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:18662 Mon 20 Jul 2015 17:06:21 AEST ]]> Longitudinal associations of multimorbidity, disability and out-of-pocket health expenditures in households with older adults in Mexico: the study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:41908 95% 1.11–1.48), and also the tertiles of disability (2nd tertile: OR = 1.45, CI95% 1.23–1.70; 3rd tertile: OR = 2.19, CI95% 1.81–2.66). The presence of multimorbidity was associated with an increase of 13% in average OOP health costs (β = 0.13, CI95% 0.01–0.25), and 16% for the 3rd tertile of disability (β = 0.16, CI95% 0.01–0.31). We did not find significant interaction effects of multimorbidity and disability. Conclusions: Multimorbidity and disability appear to be important determinants of OOP health expenditures. The economic implications for the households and the health system should be highlighted, particularly in low- and middle-income countries because of the rapid growth of their aging populations.]]> Mon 15 Aug 2022 15:11:20 AEST ]]> How will South Africa's mandatory salt reduction policy affect its salt iodisation programme? A cross-sectional analysis from the WHO-SAGE Wave 2 Salt & Tobacco study https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35027 9 g/day. Results: Median daily sodium excretion was equivalent to 6.3 g salt/day (range 1–43 g/day); 35% had urinary sodium excretion values within the desirable range (<5 g salt/day), 37% had high values (5–9 g salt/day) and 28% had very high values (>9 g salt/day). Median UIC was 130 µg/L (IQR=58–202), indicating population iodine sufficiency (≥100 µg/L). Both UIC and UIE differed across salt intake categories (p<0.001) and were positively correlated with estimated salt intake (r=0.166 and 0.552, respectively; both p<0.001). Participants with salt intakes of <5 g/day were not meeting the Estimated Average Requirement for iodine intake (95 µg/day). Conclusions: In a nationally representative sample of South African adults, the association between indicators of population iodine status (UIC and UIE) and salt intake, estimated using 24-hour urinary sodium excretion, indicate that low salt intakes may compromise adequacy of iodine intakes in a country with mandatory iodisation of table salt. The iodine status of populations undergoing salt reduction strategies needs to be closely monitored to prevent re-emergence of iodine deficiency.]]> Mon 03 Jun 2019 14:03:50 AEST ]]> Including older adults in development goals: is subjective wellbeing the answer? A case study of older South Africans https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36065 Mon 03 Feb 2020 14:54:13 AEDT ]]> Functional measures of Sarcopenia: prevalence, and associations with functional disability in 10,892 adults aged 65 years and over from six lower- and middle-income countries https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46576 n = 10,892, 52.8% women). We calculated country-specific prevalence of low grip strength, slow GS (≤ 0.8 m/s), and both measures combined. Using multivariable negative binomial regression, we separately assessed associations between low grip strength, slow GS, and both measures combined, with the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0, accounting for selected socioeconomic factors. In women, low grip strength ranged from 7 in South Africa to 51% in India; in men, it ranged from 17 in Russia to 51% in Mexico. Country-specific proportions of slow GS ranged from 77 in Russia, to 33% in China. The concomitant presence of both was the lowest in South Africa and the highest in India (12.3% vs. 33%). Independent of age, those with both low grip strength and slow GS had between 1.2- and 1.5-fold worse functional disability scores, independent of comorbidities, low education, and low wealth (all country-dependent). Low grip strength, slow GS, and the combination of both, were all associated with higher levels of functional disability, thus indicating these objective measures offer a reasonably robust estimate for potential poor health outcomes.]]> Fri 23 Jun 2023 12:19:34 AEST ]]> The role of unhealthy lifestyles in the incidence and persistence of depression: a longitudinal general population study in four emerging countries https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:31485 Fri 01 Apr 2022 09:28:42 AEDT ]]>