Late-life factors associated with healthy aging in older men

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 880-888

  Bell, Christina L ^a   Chen, Randi ^b   Masaki, Kamal ^a,b   Yee, Priscilla ^c   He, Qimei ^b,d   Grove, John ^b   Donlon, Timothy ^b   Curb, J David ^a,b   Willcox, D Craig ^e   Poon, Leonard W ^f   Willcox, Bradley J ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Veterans' Affairs Pacific Island Health Care System   (United States)

^e OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

healthy aging; late life; longevity; longitudinal cohort study; risk factors

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SURVIVOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTHY AGING; LATE-LIFE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY; RISK FACTORS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HAWAII; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84900524932     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12796     Document Type: Article

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