resilience significantly contributes to exceptional longevity韧性大大有助于长寿.pdf

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research Volume 2010, Article ID 525693, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2010/525693 Research Article Resilience Significantly Contributes to Exceptional Longevity Yi Zeng1, 2, 3 and Ke Shen2 1 Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development and Geriatric Division of Medical School, Duke University, Box 3003, Room 1506, BUSSE Building, Durham, NC 27710, USA 2 China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development at Peking University, Beijing 10087, China 3 Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Konrad Zuse Straße 1, 18057 Rostock, Germany Correspondence should be addressed to Yi Zeng, zengyi68@ Received 30 April 2010; Revised 5 July 2010; Accepted 26 October 2010 Academic Editor: Donald Craig Willcox Copyright © 2010 Y. Zeng and K. Shen. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. We aim to investigate whether centenarians are significantly more resilient than younger elders and whether resilience significantly contributes to exceptional longevity. Data. We use a unique dataset from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey with the largest sample to date of centenarians, nonagenarians, octogenarians, and a compatible group of young old aged 65–79. Methods and Results. Logistic regressions based on the cross-sectional sample show that after controlling for various confounders, including physical health and cognitive status, centenarians are significantly more resilient than any other old-age group. Logistic regression analyses based on the longitudinal data show that nona