Abstract：Objective To explore the association between raising animals and all-cause death risk among the elderly aged ≥ 65 years in longevity areas in China. Methods A total of 10,555 participants aged 65 years and above from Healthy Aging and Biomarkers Cohort Study were enrolled in this study. Information about demographic characteristics, life style and health status was collected through a baseline survey in 2008, and survival outcomes and time of death were followed up in 2011-2012, 2014 and 2018, respectively. Coxproportional hazards model was used to analyze the influence of raising animals on death risk. Results The age of 10,555 subjects was (87.24±10.91) years, including 5,914 females (56.03%). A total of 8,318 deaths occurred during the 10-year follow-up period, with the mortality rate of 78.81%. The mortality rate of the group without raising animals was 83.34%, which was significantly higher than those in the groups occasionally raising animals (77.33%) and regularly raising animals (62.40%) (P<0.001). After adjustment for potential confounding factors, regularly raising animals conferred a 16.60% risk reduction for all-cause mortality rate (HR=0.834, 95%CI:0.783-0.888). The Results of stratified analysis showed that the risk of all-cause death in the group with raising animals was lower than that in the group without raising animals among the elderly aged 80-89 years (HR=0.777, 95%CI:0.698-0.864), 90-105 years (HR=0.884, 95%CI:0.801-0.977) and with disability in activities of daily living (HR=0.642, 95%CI:0.480-0.859). Conclusion Raising animals is a protective factor for declining the risk of death in the elderly in China.
孙清, 张韵秋, 莫广菊, 高田静, 韩思悦, 刘华青. 中国8个长寿地区65岁及以上老年人饲养动物对死亡风险的影响[J]. 实用预防医学, 2022, 29(8): 897-901.
SUN Qing, ZHANG Yun-qiu, MO Guang-ju, GAO Tian-jing, HAN Si-yue, LIU Hua-qing. Influence of raising animals on death risk among the elderly aged 65 yearsand above in 8 longevity areas in China. , 2022, 29(8): 897-901.
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