NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People looking forward to an early retirement may want to rethink those plans -- new research suggests there may be a connection between retirement and mortality in apparently healthy people.
In a study of nearly 17,000 Greek adults, researchers found that those who were retired at enrollment were 51 percent more likely to die during the study period than their same-age counterparts who were still working.
Among retirees, those who left the workforce at a younger age were at greater risk of dying during the study, the researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
All of the study participants, who ranged in age from their 20s to 80s, were apparently healthy when they enrolled. None had been diagnosed with a major medical condition like heart disease, diabetes or cancer.
The findings are not explained by poorer health among early retirees, according to the researchers, led by Dr. Christina Bamia of the University of Athens.
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