Age and gender differences in linkages of sleep with subsequent mortality and health among very old Chinese

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1008-1017

  Qiu, Li ^a   Sautter, Jessica ^b   Liu, Yuzhi ^c   Gu, Danan ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Gender differentials; Healthy longevity survey; Mortality; Older adults; Oldest old; Quality of sleep; Sleep duration

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; LONGEVITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84859913166     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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