The oldest old in England and Wales: A descriptive analysis based on the MRC cognitive function and ageing study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 396-402

  Xie, Jing ^a   Matthews, Fiona E ^a   Jagger, Carol ^b   Bond, John ^c   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Characteristics; Nonagenarians; Risk factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; WIDOW;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WALES;

EID: 47049109370     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn061     Document Type: Article

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