Social Connections, Diabetes Mellitus, and Risk of Mortality among White and African-American Adults Aged 70 and Older: An Eight-Year Follow-up Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-33

  Liu, Longjian ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Mortality; Older Adults; Propensity Score; Social Connections

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CONNECTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649825216     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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