title: Healthy aging profile in octogenarians in Brazil.
abstract: to identify the healthy aging profile in octogenarians in Brazil.
  
  
  
  this population-based epidemiological study was conducted using household interviews of 335 octogenarians in a Brazilian municipality. The decision-tree model was used to assess the healthy aging profile in relation to the socioeconomic characteristics evaluated at baseline. All of the tests used a p-value < 0.05.
  
  
  
  the majority of the 335 participating older adults were women (62.1%), were aged between 80 and 84 years (50.4%), were widowed (53.4%), were illiterate (59.1%), had a monthly income of less than one minimum wage (59.1%), were retired (85.7%), lived with their spouse (63.8%), did not have a caregiver (60.3%), had two or more children (82.7%), and had two or more grandchildren (78.8%). The results indicate three age groups with a healthier aging profile: older adults aged 80 to 84 years (55.6%), older adults aged 85 years and older who are married (64.9%), and older adults aged 85 and older who do not have a partner or a caregiver (54.2%).
  
  
  
  the healthy aging profile of octogenarians can be explained by age group, marital status, and the presence of a caregiver.
authors: PhD, Professor Adjunto, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Marabá, PA, Brazil.
authors: Ana Cristina Viana
authors: AC
authors: Campos
authors: PhD, Adjunct Professor, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors: Efigênia Ferreira E
authors: EF
authors: Ferreira
authors: PhD, Associate Professor, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors: Andréa Maria Duarte
authors: AM
authors: Vargas
authors: PhD, Researcher Volunteer, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
authors: Lúcia Hisako Takase
authors: LH
authors: Gonçalves
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005260:Female; D000073656:Healthy Aging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male