Maija Välimaa , Kaisa Koivunen , Anne Viljanen , Taina Rantanen , Mikaela von Bonsdorff
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Cohort comparison of vision and hearing in 75- and 80-year-old men and women born 28 years apart
Purpose
We compared the vision and hearing of older men and women born 28 years apart. In addition, we explored factors explaining the possible cohort differences.
Methods
Two independent cohorts of 75- and 80-year-old men and women were assessed as a part of the Evergreen study in 1989–1990 (n = 500) and the Evergreen II study in 2017–2018 (n = 726). Studies were conducted with similar protocols, and differences between cohorts were compared for distance visual acuity and hearing acuity. We also studied whether educational level and health factors (i.e. total cholesterol, blood pressure, BMI, and smoking status) underlie the possible cohort differences. Independent samples t-test, Pearson chi-squared test, and linear regression analyses were used as statistical analyses.
Results
Across age and sex groups, the later-born cohort had better visual acuity and a lower prevalence of visual impairment compared to the earlier-born cohort. In hearing, 75-year-old men in the later-born cohort had better hearing acuity, with average hearing level at 32 dB compared to 36 dB in the earlier-born cohort, and 80-year-old men had a lower prevalence of moderate or worse hearing loss (74 % vs. 54 %) than men in the earlier-born cohort. Similar differences were not observed for women. The cohort differences in distance visual acuity and hearing acuity attenuated when adjusting for education level.
Conclusions
Today older adults retain better vision longer than before, but cohort differences in hearing are less obvious. Differences between cohorts may be partly due to advances in education.
期刊介绍:
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics provides a medium for the publication of papers from the fields of experimental gerontology and clinical and social geriatrics. The principal aim of the journal is to facilitate the exchange of information between specialists in these three fields of gerontological research. Experimental papers dealing with the basic mechanisms of aging at molecular, cellular, tissue or organ levels will be published.
Clinical papers will be accepted if they provide sufficiently new information or are of fundamental importance for the knowledge of human aging. Purely descriptive clinical papers will be accepted only if the results permit further interpretation. Papers dealing with anti-aging pharmacological preparations in humans are welcome. Papers on the social aspects of geriatrics will be accepted if they are of general interest regarding the epidemiology of aging and the efficiency and working methods of the social organizations for the health care of the elderly.