5 Waves
Wave 1: 2011
Wave 2: 2015-2016
Wave 3: 2020-2021
Wave 4: 2025
Wave 5: 2030
960
70+
70+
Interviews, Questionnaires, Physical measures Administrative databases
Cross-sectional, longitudical, and cohort comparative study
Structured surveys, register data, face-to-face interviews, performance tests
Health and functioning of the elderly and the oldest-old
Trends, predictors of health, functioning, longevity, mortality, and institutionalization
Medicine
University of Turku
Department of Geriatrics
mahevi@utu.fi, laura.viikari@utu.fi, maarit.wuorela@turku.fi
University of Turku
majosa@utu.fi
mahevi@utu.fi
laura.viikari@utu.fi
maarit.wuorela@turku.fi
Arve S, Lehtonen A, Tilvis RS. Prognosis of depression with and without dementia in old age. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 1998;27:141-6.
Kaarisalo MM, Räihä I, Arve S, Lehtonen A. Impaired glucose tolerance as a risk factor for stroke in a cohort of non-institutionalised people aged 70 years. Age Ageing. 2006;35:592-6.
Arve S, Savikko N, Lavonius S, Lehtonen A, Isoaho H. Physical functioning, health and survival: a ten-year follow-up study. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2006;18:367-73.
Lehtonen A, Huupponen R, Tuomilehto J, Lavonius S, Arve S, Isoaho H, Huhtaniemi I, Tilvis R. Serum testosterone but not leptin predicts mortality in elderly men. Age Ageing 2008;37:461-464.
Arve S, Lavonius S, Savikko N, Lehtonen A, Isoaho H. Social functioning and survival: A 10-year follow-up study. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2009;48:137-41.
Upmeier E, Lavonius S, Heinonen P, Viitanen M, Isoaho H, Arve S, Lehtonen A. Longitudinal changes in serum lipids in older people the Turku elderly study 1991-2006. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2009;21:424-30.
Upmeier E, Lavonius S, Lehtonen A, Viitanen M, Isoaho H, Arve S. Serum lipids and their association with mortality in the elderly: a prospective cohort study. Aging Clin Exp Res 2009;21: 424-430.
Eloranta S, Hannukainen S, Routasalo P, Viitanen M, Arve S. Pharmaceutical care as described by home-dwelling older people in Finland. Medicina (Kaunas). 2011;47:629-34.
Arve S, Eloranta S, Rovio S, Isoaho H, Viitanen M, Lehtonen A. Depressive symptoms among older people: a 15-year follow-up. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2012;24:501-8.
Eloranta S, Arve S, Routasalo P, Lavonius S, Lehtonen A, Viitanen M, Isoaho H. Positive life orientation in old age: A 15-year Follow-Up. Arch Gerontol Geriat 2012; 55:586-91.
Eloranta S, Isoaho H, Lehtonen A, Viitanen M, Arve S. Säilyykö myönteinen elämänasenne vanhuudessa? [Is a positive attitude to life preserved in old age?] Journal of Social Medicine 2013; 50:234-42. (Original in Finnish, English abstract)
Eloranta S, Arve S, Isoaho H, Lehtonen A, Viitanen M. Factors connected with positive life orientation at age 70, 80, 85 and 90 – The Turku Elderly Study. Scand J Care Sci 2015; 29:537-47.
Eloranta S, Arve S, Isoaho H, Lehtonen A, Viitanen M. Loneliness of older people aged 70: a comparison of two Finnish cohorts born 20 years apart. Arch Gerontol Geriat 2015; 61:254-60.
Upmeier E, Vire J, Korhonen MJ, Isoaho H, Lehtonen A, Arve S, Wuorela M, Viitanen M. Cardiovascular risk profile and use of statins at the age of 70 years: a comparison of two Finnish birth cohorts born 20 years apart. Age Ageing. 2016;45:84-90.
Wuorela M, Isoaho H, Arve S, Lehtonen A, Viitanen M. Recurrent urinary tract infection in females is a benign disease. Eur Geriatr Med 2016;7:127-130.
Wuorela M, Arve S, Lehtonen A, Viitanen M. Stable kidney function indicates healthy aging – a population based 20 year follow-up study. Eur Geriatr Med. 2017;8:123-129.*
Salminen M, Eloranta S, Vire J, Viikari P, Viikari L, Vahlberg T, Lehtonen A, Arve S, Wuorela M, Viitanen M. Prediction of the Future Need for Institutional Care in Finnish Older People: A Comparison of Two Birth Cohorts. Gerontology 2018;64:19-27.*
Vire J, Salminen M, Viikari P, Vahlberg T, Arve S, Viitanen M, Viikari L. Secular changes in dementia risk indices among 70-year-olds: a comparison of two Finnish cohorts born 20 years apart. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2019 May 4.*
Salminen M, Laine J, Vahlberg T, Viikari P, Wuorela M, Viitanen M, Viikari L. Factors associated with institutionalization among home-dwelling patients of Urgent Geriatric Outpatient Clinic: a 3-year follow-up study. Eur Geriatr Med. 2020 Jun 4. doi: 10.1007/s41999-020-00338-7.
Wuorela M, Lavonius S, Salminen M, Vahlberg T, Viitanen M, Viikari L. Self-rated health and objective health status as predictors of all-cause mortality among older people: a prospective study with a 5-, 10-, and 27-year follow-up. BMC Geriatr. 2020 Mar 30;20(1):120. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01516-9.
Vire J, Salminen M, Viikari P, Vahlberg T, Arve S, Viitanen M, Viikari L. The association of the Brief Dementia Risk Index and incident dementia among Finnish 70-year-olds: a five-year follow-up study. Gerontology 2020. In press.