Prevalence of anemia in elderly patients in primary care: Impact on 5-year mortality risk and differences between men and women

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1143-1158

  Endres, Heinz G ^a   Wedding, Ulrich ^b   Pittrow, David ^c   Thiem, Ulrich ^d   Trampisch, Hans J ^a   Diehm, Curt ^e  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 year mortality risk; 65 years, over; Anemia, prevalence; Older adults; Proportional hazards models; Sex differences; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649403233     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990902860325     Document Type: Article

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