Sex differences in the limit to deficit accumulation in late middle-aged and older Chinese People: Results from the Beijing longitudinal study of aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 702-709

  Shi, Jing ^a,b   Yang, Zhan ^b,c   Song, Xiaowei ^b,d   Yu, Pulin ^a   Fang, Xianghua ^e   Tang, Zhe ^e   Peng, Dantao ^a   Mitnitski, Arnold ^d   Rockwood, Kenneth ^b,d  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Atlantic Baptist University   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Deficit accumulation; Frailty limit; Gender difference; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; DEFICIT ACCUMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY LIMIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY.; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

AGING; DEFICIT ACCUMULATION; FRAILTY LIMIT; GENDER DIFFERENCE; MORTALITY.;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901036260     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt143     Document Type: Article

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