Impairments in hearing and vision impact on mortality in older people: The AGES-reykjavik study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-76

  Fisher, Diana ^a   Li, Chuan Ming ^b   Chiu, May S ^b   Themann, Christa L ^c   Petersen, Hannes ^d,e   Jónasson, Fridbert ^d,e   Jónsson, Pálmi V ^d,e   Sverrisdottir, Johanna Eyrun ^f   Garcia, Melissa ^g   Harris, Tamara B ^g   Launer, Lenore J ^g   Eiriksdottir, Gudny ^f   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^d,f   Hoffman, Howard J ^b   Cotch, Mary Frances ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^f ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

AGES Reykjavik study; All cause mortality; Cardiovascular disease mortality; Dual sensory impairment; Hearing; Older people; Vision

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL SENSORY IMPAIRMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGES-REYKJAVIK STUDY; ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MORTALITY; DUAL SENSORY IMPAIRMENT; HEARING; OLDER PEOPLE; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; ICELAND; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84890386388     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft122     Document Type: Article

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