%0 Journal Article
%T The Impact of Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease on Related Disability in Older Irish Adults
%A Anne Kouvonen
%A Frank Kee
%A John Hughes
%A Kathleen Bennett
%A Sharon M. Cruise
%J Journal of Aging and Health
%@ 1552-6887
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0898264317726242
%X Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD)¨Crelated disability (hereafter also ¡°disability¡±) and the impact of CHD risk factors on disability in older adults in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland (NI). Method: Population attributable fractions were calculated using risk factor relative risks and disability prevalence derived from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing and the Northern Ireland Health Survey. Results: Disability was significantly lower in ROI (4.1% vs. 8.8%). Smoking and diabetes prevalence rates, and the fraction of disability that could be attributed to smoking (ROI: 6.6%; NI: 6.1%), obesity (ROI: 13.8%; NI: 11.3%), and diabetes (ROI: 6.2%; NI: 7.2%), were comparable in both countries. Physical inactivity (31.3% vs. 54.8%) and depression (10.2% vs. 17.6%) were lower in ROI. Disability attributable to depression (ROI: 16.3%; NI: 25.2%) and physical inactivity (ROI: 27.5%; NI: 39.9%) was lower in ROI. Discussion: Country-specific similarities and differences in the prevalence of disability and associated risk factors will inform public health and social care policy in both countries
%K coronary heart disease
%K disability
%K risk factors
%K relative risk
%K population attributable fractions (PAFs)
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0898264317726242