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Tijdschrift Voor Gerontologie En Geriatrie, Sep 1, 2006
Nature Communications
Daylight saving time (DST) consists in a one-hour advancement of legal time in spring offset by a... more Daylight saving time (DST) consists in a one-hour advancement of legal time in spring offset by a backward transition of the same magnitude in fall. It creates a minimal circadian misalignment that could disrupt sleep and homoeostasis in susceptible individuals and lead to an increased incidence of pathologies and accidents during the weeks immediately following both transitions. How this shift affects mortality dynamics on a large population scale remains, however, unknown. This study examines the impact of DST on all-cause mortality in 16 European countries for the period 1998-2012. It shows that mortality decreases in spring and increases in fall during the first two weeks following each DST transition. Moreover, the alignment of time data around DST transition dates revealed a septadian mortality pattern (lowest on Sundays, highest on Mondays) that persists all-year round, irrespective of seasonal variations, in men and women aged above 40.
European Journal of Ageing, 2010
ImportanceNursing home (NH) residents are particularly vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infections and co... more ImportanceNursing home (NH) residents are particularly vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infections and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lethality. However, excess deaths in this population have rarely been documented.ObjectivesThe primary objective was to assess the number of excess deaths among NH residents during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. The secondary objectives were to determine the number of excess deaths as a proportion of the total excess deaths in the general population and determine whether a harvesting effect was present.DesignWe studied a cohort of 494,753 adults (as of March 1st, 2020) aged 60 and over in 6,515 NHs in mainland France. This cohort was exposed to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (from March 1st to May 31st, 2020) and was compared with the corresponding, reference cohorts from 2014 to 2019 (using data from the French National Health Data System).Main outcome and measuresThe main outcome was all-cause death. Weekly excess deaths an...
European journal of public health, Oct 4, 2012
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Feb 6, 2016
PubMed, Feb 1, 1985
The choice of breast feeding was studied in a sample of 1,954 mothers of urban and rural areas in... more The choice of breast feeding was studied in a sample of 1,954 mothers of urban and rural areas investigated in 1978 during the first year of life of their child. Women who chose breast feeding were more often urban, highly educated, mothers of one child, well medically supervised and happy during pregnancy. They were more concerned by the way their child fed and about his general status. The group of women who stated that they could not breast-feed showed a high percentage of health problems. On the contrary, those who refused were in a good state of health.
Oxford University Press eBooks, Dec 1, 2017
In its first section, this chapter describes the ongoing adult longevity revolution, which is now... more In its first section, this chapter describes the ongoing adult longevity revolution, which is now the main reason for assessing the quality of years lived and to complete the calculation of life expectancy by those of health expectancies. Then, it introduces the main health expectancies used in the United States of America (US) to monitor Healthy People 2020, the national health agenda, in Japan to monitor Health Japan 21, the health promotion plan, and in Europe to monitor the social and health targets of Europe 2020, the current strategy of the European Union. Finally, this chapter summarizes recent trends in health expectancies observed in the US, Japan, and Europe, as well as in other parts of the world, and discusses these observations in relation to the theories on population health which have been proposed since the 1980s.
Springer eBooks, 1997
Practical Limits to Life Expectancy in France.- The Average French Baby May Live 95 or 100 Years.... more Practical Limits to Life Expectancy in France.- The Average French Baby May Live 95 or 100 Years.- Towards a New Horizon in Demographic Trends: The Combined Effects of 150 Years Life Expectancy and New Fertility Models.- Is There a Biological Limit to the Human Life Span?.- Emergence of Centenarians and Super-centenarians.- A Demographic and Health Profile of Centenarians in China.- Centenarians: Health and Frailty.- Looking Into the Crystal Ball: Will We Ever Be Able to Accurately Predict Individual Differences in Longevity?.- Towards a Genealogical Epidemiology of Longevity.- Genetics of Aging.- Oxidative Stress May Be a Causal Factor in Senescence of Animals.- Identifying and Cloning Longevity-Determining Genes in the Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans.- Longevity:Is Everything Under Genetic Control? An Inquiry Into Non-Genetic and Non-Environmental Sources of Variation.
La Découverte eBooks, Dec 1, 2017
European Journal of Ageing, Sep 8, 2015
Using the results from measures of functional ability, cognitive and physical performance from tw... more Using the results from measures of functional ability, cognitive and physical performance from two adjacent birth cohorts of 100-year-old adults, we aimed to elucidate the possible impact of difference in participation rates, design, and interviewer mode. Participants were birth cohort members born in 1910 (DK-1910) and 1911-12 (DK-1911). Both surveys used the same assessment instruments, but the design was different, and data collection was carried out by trained survey agency interviewers in DK-1910 and trained nurses in DK-1911. Participation rate in DK-1911 (49.8 % (251/504)) was lower than in DK-1910 (66.9 % (273/408)) (p < 0.001). The proportion of interviews with the participant answering alone or mainly alone was significantly higher in DK-1911 (77 %) than in DK-1910 (56 %), and the proportion living in nursing home was significantly lower (44 vs. 54 %, respectively). Higher proportions of DK-1911 independently performed all activities of daily living (ADL) compared to DK-1910, but only significantly for toileting, bathing, and feeding (all p < 0.01). Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score was higher in DK-1911 than in DK-1910 (23.5 vs. 21.0; p < 0.001). Handgrip strength, gait speed, and chair stand were almost similar. DK-1911 participants had significantly better one-year survival than DK-1911 non-participants and DK-1910 participants and non-participants (p = 0.001). These results suggest that lower participation rate entails selection towards healthier participants in terms of ADL and cognitive functioning. Caution is warranted when comparing studies of centenarians with different participation rates, design, and interviewer mode, and further studies of these methodological issues are required.
Poster presented by Joan Ballester at the EC/EASME workshop "Climate services at work, Proje... more Poster presented by Joan Ballester at the EC/EASME workshop "Climate services at work, Projects exchange and networking lab", Brussels (BE) <strong>Aim: </strong>We show the link between temperature, humidity and daily numbers of deaths in nearly 200 European regions, which are used to infer transient projections of mortality under state-of-the-art high-resolution climate change simulations.<br> <strong>Results: </strong>The rise in heat-related mortality will start to completely compensate the reduction of deaths from cold during the second half of the century. Nevertheless, projections suggest that human lifespan might indeed increase if a substantial degree of adaptation to warm temperatures takes place.
Innovation in Aging, Jun 30, 2017
European journal of public health, Oct 1, 2013
EUROPEAN PAPERS ON THE NEW WELFARE, 2008
Tijdschrift Voor Gerontologie En Geriatrie, Sep 1, 2006
Nature Communications
Daylight saving time (DST) consists in a one-hour advancement of legal time in spring offset by a... more Daylight saving time (DST) consists in a one-hour advancement of legal time in spring offset by a backward transition of the same magnitude in fall. It creates a minimal circadian misalignment that could disrupt sleep and homoeostasis in susceptible individuals and lead to an increased incidence of pathologies and accidents during the weeks immediately following both transitions. How this shift affects mortality dynamics on a large population scale remains, however, unknown. This study examines the impact of DST on all-cause mortality in 16 European countries for the period 1998-2012. It shows that mortality decreases in spring and increases in fall during the first two weeks following each DST transition. Moreover, the alignment of time data around DST transition dates revealed a septadian mortality pattern (lowest on Sundays, highest on Mondays) that persists all-year round, irrespective of seasonal variations, in men and women aged above 40.
European Journal of Ageing, 2010
ImportanceNursing home (NH) residents are particularly vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infections and co... more ImportanceNursing home (NH) residents are particularly vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infections and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lethality. However, excess deaths in this population have rarely been documented.ObjectivesThe primary objective was to assess the number of excess deaths among NH residents during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. The secondary objectives were to determine the number of excess deaths as a proportion of the total excess deaths in the general population and determine whether a harvesting effect was present.DesignWe studied a cohort of 494,753 adults (as of March 1st, 2020) aged 60 and over in 6,515 NHs in mainland France. This cohort was exposed to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (from March 1st to May 31st, 2020) and was compared with the corresponding, reference cohorts from 2014 to 2019 (using data from the French National Health Data System).Main outcome and measuresThe main outcome was all-cause death. Weekly excess deaths an...
European journal of public health, Oct 4, 2012
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Feb 6, 2016
PubMed, Feb 1, 1985
The choice of breast feeding was studied in a sample of 1,954 mothers of urban and rural areas in... more The choice of breast feeding was studied in a sample of 1,954 mothers of urban and rural areas investigated in 1978 during the first year of life of their child. Women who chose breast feeding were more often urban, highly educated, mothers of one child, well medically supervised and happy during pregnancy. They were more concerned by the way their child fed and about his general status. The group of women who stated that they could not breast-feed showed a high percentage of health problems. On the contrary, those who refused were in a good state of health.
Oxford University Press eBooks, Dec 1, 2017
In its first section, this chapter describes the ongoing adult longevity revolution, which is now... more In its first section, this chapter describes the ongoing adult longevity revolution, which is now the main reason for assessing the quality of years lived and to complete the calculation of life expectancy by those of health expectancies. Then, it introduces the main health expectancies used in the United States of America (US) to monitor Healthy People 2020, the national health agenda, in Japan to monitor Health Japan 21, the health promotion plan, and in Europe to monitor the social and health targets of Europe 2020, the current strategy of the European Union. Finally, this chapter summarizes recent trends in health expectancies observed in the US, Japan, and Europe, as well as in other parts of the world, and discusses these observations in relation to the theories on population health which have been proposed since the 1980s.
Springer eBooks, 1997
Practical Limits to Life Expectancy in France.- The Average French Baby May Live 95 or 100 Years.... more Practical Limits to Life Expectancy in France.- The Average French Baby May Live 95 or 100 Years.- Towards a New Horizon in Demographic Trends: The Combined Effects of 150 Years Life Expectancy and New Fertility Models.- Is There a Biological Limit to the Human Life Span?.- Emergence of Centenarians and Super-centenarians.- A Demographic and Health Profile of Centenarians in China.- Centenarians: Health and Frailty.- Looking Into the Crystal Ball: Will We Ever Be Able to Accurately Predict Individual Differences in Longevity?.- Towards a Genealogical Epidemiology of Longevity.- Genetics of Aging.- Oxidative Stress May Be a Causal Factor in Senescence of Animals.- Identifying and Cloning Longevity-Determining Genes in the Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans.- Longevity:Is Everything Under Genetic Control? An Inquiry Into Non-Genetic and Non-Environmental Sources of Variation.
La Découverte eBooks, Dec 1, 2017
European Journal of Ageing, Sep 8, 2015
Using the results from measures of functional ability, cognitive and physical performance from tw... more Using the results from measures of functional ability, cognitive and physical performance from two adjacent birth cohorts of 100-year-old adults, we aimed to elucidate the possible impact of difference in participation rates, design, and interviewer mode. Participants were birth cohort members born in 1910 (DK-1910) and 1911-12 (DK-1911). Both surveys used the same assessment instruments, but the design was different, and data collection was carried out by trained survey agency interviewers in DK-1910 and trained nurses in DK-1911. Participation rate in DK-1911 (49.8 % (251/504)) was lower than in DK-1910 (66.9 % (273/408)) (p < 0.001). The proportion of interviews with the participant answering alone or mainly alone was significantly higher in DK-1911 (77 %) than in DK-1910 (56 %), and the proportion living in nursing home was significantly lower (44 vs. 54 %, respectively). Higher proportions of DK-1911 independently performed all activities of daily living (ADL) compared to DK-1910, but only significantly for toileting, bathing, and feeding (all p < 0.01). Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score was higher in DK-1911 than in DK-1910 (23.5 vs. 21.0; p < 0.001). Handgrip strength, gait speed, and chair stand were almost similar. DK-1911 participants had significantly better one-year survival than DK-1911 non-participants and DK-1910 participants and non-participants (p = 0.001). These results suggest that lower participation rate entails selection towards healthier participants in terms of ADL and cognitive functioning. Caution is warranted when comparing studies of centenarians with different participation rates, design, and interviewer mode, and further studies of these methodological issues are required.
Poster presented by Joan Ballester at the EC/EASME workshop "Climate services at work, Proje... more Poster presented by Joan Ballester at the EC/EASME workshop "Climate services at work, Projects exchange and networking lab", Brussels (BE) <strong>Aim: </strong>We show the link between temperature, humidity and daily numbers of deaths in nearly 200 European regions, which are used to infer transient projections of mortality under state-of-the-art high-resolution climate change simulations.<br> <strong>Results: </strong>The rise in heat-related mortality will start to completely compensate the reduction of deaths from cold during the second half of the century. Nevertheless, projections suggest that human lifespan might indeed increase if a substantial degree of adaptation to warm temperatures takes place.
Innovation in Aging, Jun 30, 2017
European journal of public health, Oct 1, 2013
EUROPEAN PAPERS ON THE NEW WELFARE, 2008