Association of a modified physiologic index with mortality and incident disability: The health, aging, and body composition study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1439-1446

  Sanders, Jason L ^a,b   Boudreau, Robert M ^b   Penninx, Brenda W ^c   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^d,e   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^f   Satterfield, Suzanne ^g   Harris, Tamara B ^e   Bauer, Douglas C ^h   Newman, Anne B ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Index; Longevity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CYSTATIN C; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84869424249     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls123     Document Type: Article

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