Older individuals with diabetes have an increased risk of recurrent falls: Analysis of potential mediating factors: The Longitudinal Ageing Study Amsterdam

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 358-365

  Pijpers, Evelien ^a,b   Ferreira, Isabel ^a,c   De jongh, Renate T ^d   Deeg, Dorly J ^d   Lips, Paul ^d   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^a,c   Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman, Arie C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Elderly; Falls; Older individuals; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860532914     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr145     Document Type: Article

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