9 results for "Karin Modig"
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Beyond survival: Redefining successful aging in the era of medical complexity
A common misconception is that increasing longevity reflects slower aging. Instead, most longevity gain comes from medical advances that allow survival with disease, rather than changes to the biology of aging itself, challenging how we study aging and health. Modern medicine has transformed not…
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Losing Ground - Swedish Life Expectancy in a Comparative Perspective
Background: In the beginning of the 1970s, Sweden was the country where both women and men enjoyed the world's longest life expectancy. While life expectancy continues to be high and increasing, Sweden has been losing ground in relation to other leading countries. Methods: We look at life…
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Four Decades of Educational Inequalities in Hospitalization and Mortality among Older Swedes
Background: The inverse association between education and mortality has grown stronger the last decades in many countries. During the same period, gains in life expectancy have been concentrated to older ages; still, old-age mortality is seldom the focus of attention when analyzing trends in the…
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Age-Specific Trends in Morbidity, Mortality and Case-Fatality from Cardiovascular Disease, Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Advanced Age: Evaluation in the Swedish Population
Background: It is not clear if the downward trend in cardiovascular disease (CVD) observed for ages up to 85 years can be extended to the oldest old, those 85 years and above. Methods and Findings: This nationwide cohort study presents age specific trends of CVD as well as for myocardial infarction…
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The effects of increasing longevity and changing incidence on lifetime risk differentials: A decomposition approach
Increasing longevity can distort time trends in summary measures of health and mortality, such as the lifetime risk of getting diseased. If not observing a cohort, this lifetime risk is calculated with cross-sectional data on age-specific incidence and survival. In those instances, incidence and…
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Does Improved Survival Lead to a More Fragile Population: Time Trends in Second and Third Hospital Admissions among Men and Women above the Age of 60 in Sweden
Background: Life expectancy and time to first hospitalization have been prolonged, indicating that people live longer without needing hospital care. Life expectancy increased partially due to improved survival from severe diseases, which, however, could lead to a more fragile population. If so…
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Lipid levels in midlife and risk of atrial fibrillation over 3 decades—Experience from the Swedish AMORIS cohort: A cohort study
Background: The role of cholesterol levels in the development of atrial fibrillation (AF) is still controversial. In addition, whether and to what extent apolipoproteins are associated with the risk of AF is rarely studied. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association between blood lipid…
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Effectiveness of dyadic interventions in improving outcomes for adults with multiple long-term conditions and/or frailty and their informal carers: A systematic review protocol
Aim: To synthesise current evidence on the effectiveness of dyadic (pair-based) interventions in improving outcomes for adults with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) and/or frailty (aged ≥55 years) and their informal carers. Methods: The review protocol followed the Preferred Reporting Items for…