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Associations of overweight and metabolic health with successful aging: 32-year follow-up of the Helsinki Businessmen Study

Jyväkorpi, SK; Urtamo, A; Strandberg, AY; Von Bonsdorff, M; Salomaa, V; Kivimäki, M; Luotola, K; (2020) Associations of overweight and metabolic health with successful aging: 32-year follow-up of the Helsinki Businessmen Study. Clinical Nutrition , 39 (5) pp. 1491-1496. 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.06.011. Green open access

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Prognostic significance of metabolically healthy overweight and obesity (MHO) is under debate. However the relationship between MHO and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is less studied. We compared successful aging (longevity plus HRQoL) in men with MHO, metabolically healthy normal weight (MHN) and metabolically unhealthy overweight and obesity (MUO). // METHODS: In the Helsinki Businessmen Study longitudinal cohort, consisting of men born 1919 to 1934. In 1985/86, overweight (BMI≥25 kg/m2) and metabolic health were determined in 1309 men (median age 60 years). HRQoL was assessed using RAND-36/SF-36 in 2000 and 2007, and all-cause mortality retrieved from registers up to 2018. The proportion of men reaching 90 years was also calculated. // RESULTS: Of the men, 469 (35.8%), 538 (41.1%), 276 (21.1%), and 26 (2.0%) were MHN, MHO, MUO and MUN, respectively. During the 32-year follow-up, 72.3% men died. With MHN as reference, adjusted hazard ratio with all-cause mortality was 1.08 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.93 to 1.27) for MHO, and 1.18 (95% CI 0.95 to 1.47) for MUO. During follow-up, 273 men reached 90 years. With MHN as reference, adjusted odds ratio for MHO was 0.82 (95% CI 0.59 to 1.14) and 0.62 (95% CI 0.41 to 0.95) for MUO. Men in MHN group scored generally highest in RAND-36 HRQoL subscales in 2000 and 2007, of those significantly better in Physical functioning, Role physical, Role emotional, Bodily Pain, and General health sub-scales compared to MHO group in 2000. // CONCLUSIONS: As compared to MHN, MHO in late midlife does not increase mortality, but impairs odds for successful aging.

Type: Article
Title: Associations of overweight and metabolic health with successful aging: 32-year follow-up of the Helsinki Businessmen Study
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.06.011
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2019.06.011
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Metabolically healthy overweight and obesity, Metabolically unhealthy overweight and obesity, Nonagenarians, Quality of life, RAND-36, Successful aging
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10081280
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