Behavioral lifestyles and survival: A meta-analysis

Fernández-Ballesteros García, Rocío; Valeriano-Lorenzo, Elizabeth; Sánchez-Izquierdo, Macarena; Botella Ausina, Juan

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Author

Fernández-Ballesteros García, Rocío

; Valeriano-Lorenzo, Elizabeth; Sánchez-Izquierdo, Macarena; Botella Ausina, Juan

Entity

UAM. Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud; UAM. Departamento de Psicología Social y Metodología

Publisher

Frontiers Media

Date

2022-02-04

Citation

Frontiers in Psychology 12 (2022): 786491

ISSN

1664-1078

DOI

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.786491

Funded by

This study is one of the objectives of the Research Project granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Project: PID2019-109761RB-I00

Project

Gobierno de España. PID2019-109761RB-I00

Editor's Version

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.786491

Subjects

healthy diet; meta-analysis; mortality; sleep; sleeping; weight control; Psicología

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10486/700635

Rights

Esta obra está bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional.

Abstract

The aim of the study is to determine the association between Behavioral Lifestyles (regular physical activity, healthy diet, sleeping, and weight control) and longevity in the elderly. A search strategy was conducted in the PsycInfo, Medline, PubMed, Web of Science (WoS), and Scopus databases. The primary outcome was mortality/survival. Four variables (mean of participant's age at the baseline of the study, follow-up years of the study, gender, and year of publication) were analyzed to evaluate the role of potential moderators. Ninety-three articles, totaling more than 2,800,000 people, were included in the meta-analysis. We found that the lifestyles analyzed predict greater survival. Specifically, doing regular physical activity, engaging in leisure activities, sleeping 7–8 h a day, and staying outside the BMI ranges considered as underweight or obesity are habits that each separately has a greater probability associated with survival after a period of several years

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