Changes in weight at the end of life: Characterizing weight loss by time to death in a cohort study of older men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 558-565

  Alley, Dawn E ^a   Metter, E Jeffrey ^b   Griswold, Michael E ^c   Harris, Tamara B ^b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^b   Longo, Dan L ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; cachexia; cause of death; cohort studies; mortality; weight loss

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENESCENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77956257053     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq168     Document Type: Article

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