Is it possible to predict one-year survival in centenarians? A neural network study

Gerontology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-205

  Tafaro, Laura ^a   Cicconetti, Paolo ^a   Piccirillo, Gianfranco ^a   Ettorre, Evaristo ^a   Marigliano, Vincenzo ^a   Cacciafesta, Mauro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Longevity; Neural network; Predicting survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MOOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WELLBEING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOBBIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; ROME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 23244454454     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083994     Document Type: Article

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