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Longer leukocyte telomere length in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula: A population-based study
(2013)
Studies in humans suggest that leukocyte telomere length may act as a marker of biological aging. We investigated whether individuals in the Nicoya region of Costa Rica, known for exceptional longevity, had longer telomere ...
A cross-national comparison of 12 biomarkers finds no universal biomarkers of aging among individuals aged 60 and older
(2016)
There is uncertainty about whether biological and anthropometric measures that are
clinical risk factors for disease are universally associated with chronological age,
or whether these correlations vary depending on the ...
Education Gains Attributable to Fertility Decline: Patterns by Gender, Period, and Country in Latin America and Asia
(2017-07)
We investigate the heterogeneity across countries and time in the relationship
between mother’s fertility and children’s educational attainment—the quantity-quality
(Q-Q) trade-off—by using census data from 17 countries ...
Predicting mortality with biomarkers: a population-based prospective cohort study for elderly Costa Ricans
(Population Health Metrics 10(1), 2012)
Background: Little is known about adult health and mortality relationships outside high-income nations, partly
because few datasets have contained biomarker data in representative populations. Our objective is to ...
Stressors Over the Life Course and Neuroendocrine System Dysregulation in Costa Rica
(Journal of Aging and Health XX(X) 1–24, 2010-05-28)
Objectives: A key aspect of the increasingly popular allostatic load (AL) framework is that stressors experienced over the entire life course result in physiological dysregulation. Although core to AL theory, this idea has ...
Predicting Survival from Telomere Length versus Conventional Predictors: A Multinational Population-Based Cohort Study
(2016-04)
Telomere length has generated substantial interest as a potential predictor of aging- related diseases and mortality. Some studies have reported significant associations, but few have tested its ability to discriminate ...
The Nicoya region of Costa Rica: A high longevity island for elderly males
(Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, Vol 11, 2013-11)
Reliable data show that the Nicoyan region of Costa Rica is a hot spot of high
longevity. A survival follow-up of 16,300 elderly Costa Ricans estimated a Nicoya
death rate ratio (DRR) for males 1990–2011 of 0.80 (0.69–0.93 ...
Differences in the association of cardiovascular risk factors with education: a comparison of Costa Rica (CRELES) and the USA (NHANES)
(J Epidemiol Community Health 2010; 64: 821-828, 2009-08-12)
Background Despite different levels of economic
development, Costa Rica and the USA have similar
mortalities among adults. However, in the USA there are
substantial differences in mortality by educational
attainment, ...
Aging and Mental Health in a Longitudinal Study of Elderly Costa Ricans
(2015-04)
Geriatric depression and cognition impairment, including memory loss, are common neuropsychiatric
disorders at old age. Diagnosing these conditions in the context of a general population-based survey
conducted by nonmental ...
Insurance and other socioeconomic determinants of elderly longevity in a Costa Rican panel
(Journal Biosocial science 37 705-720, 2005-11)
Official figures show that life expectancy in Costa Rica is longer than
in the United States (US), in spite of the fact that per capita health expenditure
is only one-tenth that of the US. To check whether this is for ...