Men born 1919-1934, several waves, regularly 2000 onwards, survival status up to 31 Dec, 2020
3490
Men born 1919-1934, businessmen and executives
Men born 1919-1934, businessmen and executives
Clinical studies, mailed questionnaires, national registers
Longitudinal and cross-sectional study
Questionnaires, various clinical examinations, morbidity, mortality
Disease prevention, esp. cardiovascular, risk factors, quality of life, functional capacity. Life course and geriatric viewpoints
Study of predictors of important outcomes over the life course
Medicine, psychology, social science
University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
Prof. Timo Strandberg
timo.strandberg@helsinki.fi
Strandberg, T. E., Salomaa, V., Strandberg, A. Y., Vanhanen, H., Sarna, S., Pitkälä, K., … & Huttunen, J. (2016). Cohort profile: the Helsinki businessmen study (HBS). International Journal of Epidemiology, 45(4), 1074-1074h.
von Bonsdorff, M. B., Haapanen, M. J., Törmäkangas, T., Pitkälä, K. H., Stenholm, S., & Strandberg, T. E. (2019). Midlife cardiovascular status and old age physical functioning trajectories in older businessmen. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(12), 2490-2496.
Jyväkorpi, S. K., Urtamo, A., Kivimäki, M., Salomaa, V., & Strandberg, T. E. (2020). Association of midlife body composition with old-age health-related quality of life, mortality, and reaching 90 years of age: a 32-year follow-up of a male cohort. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112(5), 1287-1294.
Strandberg, T. E., Lindström, L., Jyväkorpi, S., Urtamo, A., Pitkälä, K. H., & Kivimäki, M. (2021). Phenotypic frailty and multimorbidity are independent 18-year mortality risk indicators in older men. European Geriatric Medicine, 1-9.