Hyperkyphotic posture predicts mortality in older community-dwelling men and women: A prospective study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1662-1667

  Kado, Deborah M ^a   Huang, Mei Hua ^a   Karlamangla, Arun S ^a   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^b   Greendale, Gail A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Hyperkyphosis; Kyphosis; Kyphotic posture; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SUPINE POSITION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 6944255415     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52458.x     Document Type: Article

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