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Age-related declines in pulmonary function and immune regulation increase morbidity and mortality in older adults. Physical activity mitigates these effects, but the isolated impact of resistance training (RT) on lung function and immune responses remains unclear. Sixty-nine older adults without participation for at least one year in structured exercise programs (aged 60-85 years) were recruited from a community extension program at a Brazilian university and randomized into an RT group (n = 31)...

CONCLUSIONS: Older adults with higher mortality risk had poorer social wellbeing at baseline and were more likely to become lonely and decrease social participation at follow-up. Prognostic information may help clinicians avoid low-value medical interventions while prioritizing interventions to support meaningful social connection.

ObjectiveTo examine the association between early-life circumstances and healthy aging among community-dwelling older Chinese adults.MethodsData were from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. We used regression methods to identify independent and joint associations of six early-life factors with healthy aging as assessed by the Chinese Healthy Aging Index (CHAI; 0-12), a composite score evaluating six physiological systems.ResultsOf 3,069 participants, 4.82% had the healthiest...

ObjectivesUsing longitudinal data, we investigate changes in coresidence preference of Chinese older adults and, with application of the Andersen-Newman framework, examine factors contributing to coresidence preference.MethodsData come from five waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey collected between 2005 and 2018. A random-effect model uses baseline covariates to predict coresidence preference at follow-up between two adjacent waves, controlling for baseline preference and...