Peak expiratory flow as a predictor of subsequent disability and death in community-living older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1014-1020

  Vaz Fragoso, Carlos A ^a,b   Gahbauer, Evelyne A ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Concato, John ^a,b   Gill, Thomas M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Disability; Peak expiratory flow; Standardized residuals

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; SMOKING HABIT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTICUT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MORTALITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 44649143771     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01687.x     Document Type: Article

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