Dynamics of traditional metabolic risk factors associate with specific causes of death in old age

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65 A, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 488-494

  Van Vliet, Peter ^a   Oleksik, Anna M ^a   Van Heemst, Diana ^a   De Craen, Anton J M ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Longitudinal changes; Mortality; Old age; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77951932727     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq014     Document Type: Article

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