Using longitudinal data from the Health Survey for England to resolve discrepancies in thresholds for haemoglobin in older adults

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 368-376

  Mindell, Jennifer ^a   Moody, Alison ^a   Ali, Ayesha ^a   Hirani, Vasant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Haemoglobin; Mortality; Older people; Survey

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84872619579     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12121     Document Type: Article

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