title: Ageing and health status in adults with intellectual disabilities: results of the European POMONA II study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  POMONA II was a European Commission public health-funded project. The research questions in this article focus on age-specific differences relating to environmental and lifestyle factors, and the 17 medical conditions measured by the POMONA Checklist of Health Indicators (P15).
  
  
  METHODS
  The P15 was completed in a cross-sectional design for a stratified sample of 1,253 adults with ID across 14 European member states.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Older people (55+) were more likely to live in larger residential homes. Rates of smoking and use of alcohol were lower than in the general population but were higher with older age. More than 60% of older adults had a sedentary lifestyle. Cataract, hearing disorder, diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis/arthrosis, and osteoporosis were positively associated with advancing age; allergies and epilepsy, negatively associated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Some evidence of health disparities was found for older people with ID, particularly in terms of underdiagnosed or inadequately managed preventable health conditions.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Dortmund, Germany. meindert.haveman@uni-dortmund.de
authors.forename: Meindert
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haveman
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salvador-Carulla
authors.forename: Patricia Noonan
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Henny
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Hove
authors.forename: Dasa Moravec
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Azema
authors.forename: Serafino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buono
authors.forename: Alexandra Carmen
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cara
authors.forename: Arunas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Germanavicius
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Linehan
authors.forename: Tuomo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Määttä
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tossebro
authors.forename: Germain
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006304:Health Status; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult