Lifestyle behaviours and quality-adjusted life years in middle and older age

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 589-595

  Myint, Phyo K ^a,b   Smith, Richard D ^c   Luben, Robert N ^d   Surtees, Paul G ^d   Wainwright, Nicholas W J ^d   Wareham, Nicholas J ^e   Khaw, Kay Tee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Lifestyle behaviours; Quality adjusted life year (QALY); Quality of life; SF 36; SF 6D

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIET; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; VEGETABLES;

EID: 80051758771     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr058     Document Type: Article

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