Do gender, disability, and morbidity affect aging rate in the LLFS? Application of indices of cumulative deficits

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 195-201

  Kulminski, Alexander M ^a   Arbeev, Konstantin G ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^b   Mayeux, Richard ^c   Newman, Anne B ^d   Province, Michael A ^e   Hadley, Evan C ^f   Rossi, Winifred ^f   Perls, Thomas T ^g   Elo, Irma T ^h   Yashin, Anatoli I ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging rates; Cumulative indices; Long Life Family Study; Longevity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY STUDY; GENDER; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955759127     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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