Clinical and laboratory predictors of all-cause mortality in older population

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-334

  Lan, Tzuo Yun ^a   Chiu, Herng Chia ^b   Chang, Hsing Yi ^a   Chang, Wen Chiung ^a   Chen, Hui Yang ^a   Tai, Tong Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Biomedical measures; Prognosis of older persons

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PULSE RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548835477     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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