Cohort profile: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1640-1648

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Breeze, Elizabeth ^a   Banks, James ^b   Nazroo, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cohort; Longitudinal; UK

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING; BIOMARKER; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PANEL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AGEING; COHORT; LONGITUDINAL; UK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84892447171     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys168     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Kearney PM, Cronin H, O'Regan C et al. Cohort profile: the Irish longitudinal study on ageing. Int J Epidemiol 2011;40:877-84.
2. Mindell J, Biddulph JP, Hirani V et al. Cohort profile: the health survey for England. Int J Epidemiol 2012; doi:10.1093/ije/dyr199.
3. Marmot M, Banks J, Blundell R, Lessof C, Nazroo J (eds). Health, Wealth and Lifestyles of the Older Population in England. London: Institute of Fiscal Studies, 2003.
4. Cheshire H, Ofstedal MB, Scholes S, Schröder M. A comparison of response rates in the English longitudinal study of ageing and the health and retirement study. Longitud Life Course Stud 2011;2:127-44.
5. Banks J, Breeze E, Lessof C, Nazroo J. Retirement, Health and Relationships of the Older Population in England: the 2004 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2006.
6. Banks J, Lessof C, Nazroo J, Rogers N, Stafford M, Steptoe A (eds). Financial Circumstances, Health and Well-Being of the Older Population in England: The 2008 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2010.
7. Banks J, Breeze E, Lessof C, Nazroo J (eds). Living in the 21st century: Older People in England ELSA 2006 (Wave 3). London: Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2008.
8. Belli RF, Shay WL, Stafford FP. Event history calendars and question list surveys: a direct comparison of interviewing methods. Public Opin Q 2001;65:45-74.
9. Hingorani AD, Casas JP. The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis. Lancet 2012;379:1214-24.
10. Kilpelainen TO, Qi L, Brage S et al. Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children. PLoS Med 2011;8:e1001116.
11. Demakakos P, Nazroo J, Breeze E, Marmot M. Socioeconomic status and health: the role of subjective social status. Soc Sci Med 2008;67:330-40.
12. McMunn A, Nazroo J, Breeze E. Inequalities in health at older ages: a longitudinal investigation of the onset of illness and survival effects in England. Age Ageing 2009;38:181-87.
13. Banks J, Marmot M, Oldfield Z, Smith JP. Disease and disadvantage in the United States and in England. JAMA 2006;295:2037-45.
14. Avendano M, Glymour MM, Banks J, Mackenbach JP. Health disadvantage in US adults aged 50 to 74 years: a comparison of the health of rich and poor Americans with that of Europeans. Am J Public Health 2009;99:540-48.
15. Banks J, Kumari M, Smith JP, Zaninotto P. What explains the American disadvantage in health compared with the English? The case of diabetes. J Epidemiol Commun Health 2012;66:259-64.
16. Langa KM, Llewellyn DJ, Lang IA et al. Cognitive health among older adults in the United States and in England. BMC Geriatr 2009;9:23.
17. Zivin K, Llewellyn DJ, Lang IA et al. Depression among older adults in the United States and England. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2010;18:1036-44.
18. Crimmins EM, Preston SH, Cohen B (eds). International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2010.
19. Steel N, Bachmann M, Maisey S et al. Self reported receipt of care consistent with 32 quality indicators: national population survey of adults aged 50 or more in England. BMJ 2008;337:a957.
20. Banks J, Oldfield Z. Understanding pensions: cognitive function, numerical ability and retirement saving. Fiscal Studies 2007;28:143-70.
21. Banks J, O'Dea C, Oldfield Z. Cognitive function, numeracy and retirement saving trajectories. Economic J 2010;120:F381-410.
22. Shiffman S, Stone AA, Hufford MR. Ecological momentary assessment. Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2008;4:1-32.
23. Steptoe A, Wardle J. Positive affect measured using ecological momentary assessment and survival in older men and women. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011;108:18244-48.