Essays about: "parental age-at-death"

Found 1 essay containing the words parental age-at-death.

  1. 1. Intergenerational Transmission of Health and Life span : An Exploration of an Association Between Parental Age-at-Death and Disease Outcomes in Offspring

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Anna Thalén; [2022]
    Keywords : Life span; intergenerational health; parental age-at-death; disease risk; longevity; hospitalization;

    Abstract : Parental and offspring life spans are modestly associated and a transmission of disease risk from parents to offspring has been proposed as a possible explanation. Using birth cohort data consisting of 86 168 offspring and their parents, the aim of this explorative study was to quantify and describe the association between parental age-at-death and risk of disease in offspring over a 33-year follow-up period. READ MORE