A selection of study findings on disease outcomes in the Seven Countries Study.
In the FINE Study the relations of classic cardiovascular risk factors with subsequent all-cause mortality were investigated in men aged 65-84 at baseline.
In the FINE Study the relations of classic cardiovascular risk factors with subsequent all-cause mortality were investigated in men aged 65-84 at baseline.
In the FINE Study cognitive functioning was assessed in 1990 and 1995 in elderly men from Italy and The Netherlands.
In the FINE study levels of self-rated health, disability and depressive symptoms were assessed in elderly men.
Both self-rated and physician-rated health independently predicted all-cause mortality.
The associations of different aspects of widowhood with disability were investigated in elderly men from Finland, Italy and The Netherlands in the FINE Study.
The results suggest that even in old age among relatively healthy men, a physically active lifestyle was inversely related to disability.
There is some evidence that classic cardiovascular risk factors measured in middle-age are related to disability and mental well-being in later life.
Functional status was measured with a self-administered 13-item WHO-questionnaire on activities of daily living.
In elderly men from Finland, Italy and the Nethelands in the FINE Study, self-reported information on disability and depressive symptoms was collected in 1990 and 1995.
