The predictive ability of self-rated health on ischaemic heart disease and all-cause mortality in elderly women and men: The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT)

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-111

  Ernstsen, Linda ^a   Nilsen, Sara Marie ^b   Espnes, Geir Arild ^a   Krokstad, Steinar ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Elderly people; Gender differences; Ischaemic heart disease mortality; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 78650374792     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq141     Document Type: Article

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