How fast does the Grim Reaper walk? Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis in healthy men aged 70 and over

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7837, 2011, Pages

  Stanaway, Fiona F ^a   Gnjidic, Danijela ^b,c,d   Blyth, Fiona M ^b,d,e   Le Couteur, David G ^b,d   Naganathan, Vasi ^b,d   Waite, Louise ^b,d   Seibel, Markus J ^d   Handelsman, David J ^b,d   Sambrook, Philip N ^b,c   Cumming, Robert G ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^e SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; WALKING SPEED; YOUDEN INDEX; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FITNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; LONGEVITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; WALKING;

EID: 84856590011     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7679     Document Type: Article

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