Low co-morbidity, low levels of malnutrition, and low risk of falls in a community-dwelling sample of 85-year-olds are associated with successful aging: The octabaix study

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-314

  Formiga, Francesc ^a,c   Ferrer, Assumpta ^b   Megido, Maria Jesus ^a   Chivite, David ^a,c   Badia, Teresa ^d   Pujol, Ramón ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Primary Healthcare Centre El Pla CAP I   (Spain)

^c BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^d Primary Healthcare Centre Martorell   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 79960373747     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: 15578577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2010.1131     Document Type: Article

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