The challenge of maintaining successful aging at 87 years old: The octabaix study two-year follow-up

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 584-589

  Formiga, Francesc ^a,c   Ferrer, Assumpta ^b   Alburquerque, Jesus ^d   Fernández Quevedo, Manuel ^a   Royo, Cristina ^a   Pujol, Ramón ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Sant Feliu de Llobregat   (Spain)

^c BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SPAIN;

EID: 84872707276     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: 15578577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2012.1343     Document Type: Article

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