The Japanese centenarian study: Autonomy was associated with health practices as well as physical status

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-101

  Ozaki, Akiko ^a,e   Uchiyama, Makoto ^b   Tagaya, Hirokuni ^c   Ohida, Takashi ^b   Ogihara, Ryuji ^d  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d Japan Health Promotion and Fitness Foundation   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomous centenarians; Census based survey; Health practices; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASTICATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEAWEED; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VEGETABLE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846011078     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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