Effects of Disability Type on the Association between Age and Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors among Elderly Persons with Disabilities in Shanghai, China

Xichen Wang, Mei Sun, Xiaohong Li, Jun Lu and Gang Chen
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Xichen Wang: Department of Health Law and Health Inspection, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Mei Sun: China Research Center on Disability Issues at Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Xiaohong Li: China Research Center on Disability Issues at Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Jun Lu: China Research Center on Disability Issues at Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Gang Chen: Department of Health Law and Health Inspection, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 15, 1-13

Abstract: Little is known about differences in the association between age and risk factors of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), according to the disability type in Chinese elderly persons with disabilities. Thus, we examined the effects of these differences in elderly persons with disabilities in Shanghai, China. We evaluated four NCD risk factors (hypertension, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and overweight) using health data obtained from 20,471 elderly persons with disabilities in 2017. Logistic regression analyses explored differences in the association between age and NCD risk factors according to the disability types, after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics. We observed significant differences in the association between age and NCD risk factors across disability types; a significant association was observed between older age and higher odds of hypertension ( p < 0.001) among subjects with a physical disability. However, the prevalence of hypertension did not significantly differ by age in subjects with multiple disabilities. Interventions for elderly patients whose disabilities are more strongly affected by environmental factors should focus more on reduction of subjects’ barriers to activities through improvements in living and environmental adaptability for physical activities.

Keywords: disability; non-communicable disease risk factor; elderly population (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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