Self-rated health and a healthy lifestyle are the most important predictors of survival in elderly women

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-200

  Ford, Jessica ^a   Spallek, Melanie ^a   Dobson, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Elderly women; Predictors; Self rated health; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 41249087114     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm171     Document Type: Article

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