PURPOSE: This study examined whether the health-survival paradox could be due partially to sex-specific selection and information bias in surveys. METHODS: The study is based on the linkage of three population-based surveys of 15,330 Danes aged 46-102 years with health registers covering the total Danish population regarding hospitalizations within the last 2 years and prescription medicine within 6 months before the baseline surveys. RESULTS: Men had higher participation rates than women at all ages. Hospitalized women and women taking medications had higher participation rate compared with nonhospitalized women (difference=0.7%-3.0%) and female nonusers (difference=0.8%-7.6%), respectively, whereas no consistent pattern was found among men according to hospitalization or medication use status. Men used fewer medications than women, but they underreported medication use to a similar degree as did women. CONCLUSIONS: Hospitalized women, as well as women using prescription medicine, were slightly overrepresented in the surveys. Hence, the study found some evidence that selection bias in surveys may contribute to the explanation of the health-survival paradox, but its contribution is likely to be small. However, there was no evidence for sex-specific reporting of medication use among study participants.
PURPOSE: This study examined whether the health-survival paradox could be due partially to sex-specific selection and information bias in surveys. METHODS: The study is based on the linkage of three population-based surveys of 15,330 Danes aged 46-102 years with health registers covering the total Danish population regarding hospitalizations within the last 2 years and prescription medicine within 6 months before the baseline surveys. RESULTS:Men had higher participation rates than women at all ages. Hospitalized women and women taking medications had higher participation rate compared with nonhospitalized women (difference=0.7%-3.0%) and female nonusers (difference=0.8%-7.6%), respectively, whereas no consistent pattern was found among men according to hospitalization or medication use status. Men used fewer medications than women, but they underreported medication use to a similar degree as did women. CONCLUSIONS: Hospitalized women, as well as women using prescription medicine, were slightly overrepresented in the surveys. Hence, the study found some evidence that selection bias in surveys may contribute to the explanation of the health-survival paradox, but its contribution is likely to be small. However, there was no evidence for sex-specific reporting of medication use among study participants.
Authors: K Korkeila; S Suominen; J Ahvenainen; A Ojanlatva; P Rautava; H Helenius; M Koskenvuo Journal: Eur J Epidemiol Date: 2001 Impact factor: 8.082
Authors: Patricia A Jacomb; Anthony F Jorm; Ailsa E Korten; Helen Christensen; A Scott Henderson Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2002-03-13 Impact factor: 3.295
Authors: Linda Juel Ahrenfeldt; Sören Möller; Mikael Thinggaard; Kaare Christensen; Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen Journal: Int J Public Health Date: 2019-06-24 Impact factor: 3.380
Authors: Nicola Veronese; Giacomo Siri; Alberto Cella; Julia Daragjati; Alfonso J Cruz-Jentoft; Maria Cristina Polidori; Francesco Mattace-Raso; Marc Paccalin; Eva Topinkova; Antonio Greco; Arduino A Mangoni; Stefania Maggi; Luigi Ferrucci; Alberto Pilotto Journal: Maturitas Date: 2019-08-03 Impact factor: 4.342
Authors: Jonas W Wastesson; Anna Oksuzyan; Jacob von Bornemann Hjelmborg; Kaare Christensen Journal: J Am Geriatr Soc Date: 2016-11-28 Impact factor: 5.562
Authors: Axel Skytthe; Lene Christiansen; Kirsten Ohm Kyvik; Frans L Bødker; Lars Hvidberg; Inge Petersen; Morten M F Nielsen; Paul Bingley; Jacob Hjelmborg; Qihua Tan; Niels V Holm; James W Vaupel; Matt McGue; Kaare Christensen Journal: Twin Res Hum Genet Date: 2012-10-19 Impact factor: 1.587
Authors: Herman Van Oyen; Wilma Nusselder; Carol Jagger; Petra Kolip; Emmanuelle Cambois; Jean-Marie Robine Journal: Int J Public Health Date: 2012-05-22 Impact factor: 3.380