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S Stenholm
Public Health
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Open AccessSocial network ties before and after retirement: a cohort study
Social networks are associated with individual’s health and well-being. Working life offers opportunities to create and maintain social networks, while retirement may change these networks. This study examined...
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Open AccessSocial relationships as predictors of extended employment beyond the pensionable age: a cohort study
The aim is to examine whether characteristics of social relationships predict extended employment beyond the pensionable age among Finnish public sector workers. The study population consisted of 4014 particip...
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Open AccessBody mass index as a predictor of healthy and disease-free life expectancy between ages 50 and 75: a multicohort study
While many studies have shown associations between obesity and increased risk of morbidity and mortality, little comparable information is available on how body mass index (BMI) impacts health expectancy. We e...
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Open AccessThe ethnic gap in mobility: a comparison of Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin migrants and the general Finnish population
Many ethnic minority populations have poorer health than the general population. However, there is limited knowledge on the possible ethnic gap in physical mobility. We aim to examine the prevalence of mobilit...
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Obesity and muscle strength as long-term determinants of all-cause mortality—a 33-year follow-up of the Mini-Finland Health Examination Survey
To examine the independent and combined associations of obesity and muscle strength with mortality in adult men and women.
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Are body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio associated with leptin in 90-year-old people?
Data on how body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) are associated with body fat in the oldest-old people are scarce. The purpose of this study was to examine if BMI, WC or...
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Association of midlife obesity and cardiovascular risk with old age frailty: a 26-year follow-up of initially healthy men
To investigate whether old age frailty is predicted by midlife overweight/obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.
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The effect of obesity combined with low muscle strength on decline in mobility in older persons: results from the InCHIANTI Study
Both obesity and muscle impairment are increasingly prevalent among older persons and negatively affect health and physical functioning. However, the combined effect of coexisting obesity and muscle impairment...
