Weight, mortality, years of healthy life, and active life expectancy in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-83

  Diehr, Paula ^a   O'Meara, Ellen S ^a   Fitzpatrick, Annette ^a   Newman, Anne B ^b,c   Kuller, Lewis ^b,c   Burke, Gregory ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active life expectancy; Activities of daily living; Equilibrium; Multistate life tables; Older adults; Self rated health; Years of healthy life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; UNDERWEIGHT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37849017478     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01500.x     Document Type: Article

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