Physical disability trajectories in older Americans with and without diabetes: The role of age, gender, race or ethnicity, and education

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-63

  Chiu, Ching Ju ^a   Wray, Linda A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort sequential design (accelerated longitudinal design); Disablement process model; Health and retirement study (HRS); Life course; Multilevel model (hierarchical linear model)

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RACE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751563369     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq069     Document Type: Article

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