Sex disparities in self-reported physical functioning: True differences, reporting bias, or incomplete adjustment for confounding?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1117-1122

  Louie, Grant H ^a   Ward, Michael M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender disparity; NHANES III; Physical functioning; Self report

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LIFTING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953097997     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02858.x     Document Type: Article

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