Association between lung function and disability in African-Americans

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 541-545

  Thorpe Jr , R J ^a,f   Szanton, S L ^b,c   Whitfield, K ^d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Center on Biobehavioral and Social Aspects of Health Disparities

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; DISABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW;

EID: 67650034794     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.084418     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Smedley BD, Stith AY, Nelson AR. Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2002.
2. Hayward MD, Heron M. Racial inequality in active life among adult Americans. Demography 1999;36:77-91.
3. Administration on Aging. A profile of older Americans. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2003.
4. Manton KG, Gu X. Changes in the prevalence of chronic disability in the United States black and nonblack population above age 65 from 1982 to 1999. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001;98:6354-9.
5. Freedman DS, Munoz B, Massof RW, et al. Grading visual acuity using the preferential-looking method in elderly nursing home residents. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2000;43:2572-8.
6. Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics. Older Americans 2004. Key indicators of well-being. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004.
7. Rooks R, Whitfield KE. African American health disparities. In: Whitfield KE, ed. Closing the Gap: Improving the health of Minority Elders in the New Millennium. Washington D.C.: Gerontological Society of America, 2004:45-54.
8. Simpson CF, Punjabi NM, Wolfenden L, et al. Relationship between lung function and physical performance in disabled older women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2005;60:350-4.
9. Neas LM, Schwartz J. Pulmonary function levels as predictors of mortality in a national sample of US adults. Am J Epidemiol 1998;147:1011-8.
10. Harik-Khan RI, Fleg JL, Muller DC, et al. The effect of anthropometric and socioeconomic factors on the racial difference in lung function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;164:1647-54.
11. Harik-Khan RI, Muller DC, Wise RA. Racial difference in lung function in African-American and White children: effect of anthropometric, socioeconomic, nutritional, and environmental factors. Am J Epidemiol 2004;160:893-900.
12. Schroeder EB, Welch VL, Couper D, et al. Lung function and incident coronary heart disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Am J Epidemiol 2003;158:1171-81.
13. Vollmer WM, Enright PL, Pedula KL, et al. Race and gender differences in the effects of smoking on lung function. Chest 2000;117:764-72.
14. Jacobs Jr DR, Nelson ET, Dontas AS, et al. Are race and sex differences in lung function explained by frame size? The CARDIA Study. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992;146:644-9.
15. Thorpe Jr RJ, Kasper JD, Szanton SL, et al. Relationship of race and poverty to lower extremity function and decline: findings from the Women's Health and Aging Study. Soc Sci Med 2008;66:811-21.
16. Agnarsson U, Thorgeirsson G, Sigvaldason H, et al. Effects of leisure-time physical activity and ventilatory function on risk for stroke in men: the Reykjavik study. Ann Intern Med 1999;130:987-90.
17. Wise RA. Changing smoking patterns and mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Prev Med 1997;26:418-21.
18. American Lung Association. Lung disease data: 2008. New York: American Lung Association, 2008.
19. Anto JM, Vermeire P, Vestbo J, et al. Epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur Respir J 2001;17:982-4.
20. Murray CJ, Lopez AD. Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990-2020: Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet 1997;349:1498-504.
21. Eisner MD, Iribarren C, Yelin EH, et al. Pulmonary function and the risk of functional limitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Epidemiol 2008;167:1090-101.
22. Jette DU, Manago D, Medved E, et al. The disablement process in patients with pulmonary disease. Phys Ther 1997;77:385-94.
23. Yohannes AM, Roomi J, Winn S, et al. The Manchester Respiratory Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire: development, reliability, validity, and responsiveness to pulmonary rehabilitation. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000;48:1496-500.
24. Anthonisen NR, Connett JE, Kiley JP, et al. Effects of smoking intervention and the use of an inhaled anticholinergic bronchodilator on the rate of decline of FEV1. The Lung Health Study. JAMA 1994;272:1497-505.
25. Whitfield KE, Allaire JC, Belue R, et al. Are comparisons the answer to understanding behavioral aspects of aging in racial and ethnic groups? J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2008;63:P301-8.
26. Newman AB, Brach JS. Gender in longevity and disability in older persons. Epidemiol Rev 2001;23:343-9.
27. Whitfield KE, Brandon DT, Wiggins SA, et al. Does intact pair status matter in the study of African American twins?: the Carolina African American Twin Study of Aging. Exp Aging Res 2003;29:1-17.
28. Katz S, Ford AB, Moskowitz RW, et al. Studies of illness in the aged: the Index of ADL, a standardized measure of biological and psychological function. JAMA 1963;185:914-9.
29. Freedman VA, Martin LG, Schoeni RF, et al. Declines in late-life disability: the role of early- and mid-life factors. Soc Sci Med 2008;66:1588-602.
30. Volpato S, Blaum C, Resnick H, et al. Comorbidities and impairments explaining the association between diabetes and lower extremity disability: the Women's Health and Aging Study. Diabetes Care 2002;25:678-83.
31. Hankinson JL, Odencrantz JR, Fedan KB. Spirometric reference values from a sample of the general U.S. population. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;159:179-87.
32. Pauewls RA, Buist AS, Calverley PM, et al. Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. NHLBI/WHO Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease(GOLD) workshop summary. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;163:1256-76.
33. Fried LP, Guralnik JM. Disability in older adults: evidence regarding significance, etiology, and risk. J Am Geriatr Soc 1997;45:92-100.
34. Guralnik JM, LaCroix AZ, Everett DF, et al. Aging in the eighties: the prevalence of comorbidity and it association with disability. Advance data from vital and health statistics. No. 170. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 1989.