Introduction: The city of São Paulo has the largest community of Japanese descendants outside of Japan. Objectives: To compare the demographic, economic, functional, and health conditions of non-Japanese, Japanese, and their descendants; and to analyze comparatively the functional and health conditions of older adults born in Japan and their descendants born in Brazil. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in the city of São Paulo, in 2010, with 1,345 older adults (≥ 60 years) participants in the SABE Study (Health, Welfare and Aging). The participants were classified as non-Japanese (not born in Japan), Japanese (born in Japan) or have reported being a direct descendant of Japanese. For the data analysis, χ2 test with Rao-Scott correction was used. Results: Of the 1,345 older adults, 3.3% were Japanese or descendants. These differed from non-Japanese in terms of higher education and reported income sufficiency. Among older adults born in Japan, there was a higher proportion of oldest old (38.8%), cardiovascular diseases (48.9%) and cognitive decline (26.7%). Conclusion: It is noted that Japanese and descendants older adults presented better functionality when compared to non-Japanese. Among Japanese and descendants, differences in the profile of diseases were observed. It is believed that such results may be due to cultural influences.
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Petroni, T. N., Nunes, D. P., Duarte, Y. A. de O., Watanabe, H. A. W., & Lebrão, M. L. (2018). Non-Japanese, japanese and japanese descendant older adults in the health, wellbeing and aging study: Functional and health conditions. Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 21. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-549720180005.supl.2
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