ABSTRACT An individual's personal sense of well-being (SWB) is an indicator of psychological adjustment and successful ageing. Health and functional capacity are viewed as important sources of life quality in old age but very little is known about their effects on SWB over time. Can older individuals maintain SWB despite declining health? Longitudinal data from… Continue reading Well-being and health from age 70 to 100: findings from the Berlin Aging Study

Factors associated with education, social status, health, and psychological makeup are indicators of life experience and are also associated with quality of life in old age. Do these factors also contribute to a longer life? Data from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE; see Baltes/Mayer 1999), a locally representative sample of men and women aged 70… Continue reading Life experience and longevity: Findings from the Berlin Aging Study

Background: Whether continuous ECG indexes that reflect the severity of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVHI), myocardial injury (CIIS), and QT-interval prolongation (QTI) are associated with the risk of primary cardiac arrest among hypertensive patients, independent of conventional binary ECG criteria, remains unknown. Methods andBackground Whether continuous ECG indexes that reflect the severity of left ventricular hypertrophy… Continue reading Clinically Silent Electrocardiographic Abnormalities and Risk of Primary Cardiac Arrest Among Hypertensive Patients