Predictors of functional decline in elderly people with vascular risk factors or disease

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 450-455

  Kamper, Adriaan M ^a   Stott, David J ^b   Hyland, Michael ^c   Murray, Heather M ^d   Ford, Ian ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ferndale Trabeg Lawn   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Physical activity; PROSPER; Randomised controlled trial; Risk factors; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 24644433876     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi137     Document Type: Article

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