Association Between Daily Internet Use and Incidence of Chronic Diseases Among Older Adults: Prospective Cohort Study

Peiyi Li   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Chenyang Zhang   ^{4, 5} , MSc ;   Shuanliang Gao   ⁶ , MSc ;   Yanbo Zhang   ⁷ , PhD ;   Xiaolong Liang   ⁸ , PhD ;   Chengdi Wang   ^{9, 10 *} , MD ;   Tao Zhu   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , MD ;   Weimin Li   ^{9, 10, 11 *} , MD

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

² Laboratory of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Centre of Translational Medicine of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

³ The Research Units of West China (2018RU012)-Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

⁴ Institute of Hospital Management, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

⁵ West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

⁶ Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, China

⁷ Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States

⁸ State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

⁹ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

¹⁰ Institute of Respiratory Health, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

¹¹ President's Office, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

*these authors contributed equally