Can a Healthy Lifestyle Compress the Disabled Period in Older Adults?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1952-1961

  Jacob, Mini E ^a,b,c   Yee, Laura M ^d   Diehr, Paula H ^d   Arnold, Alice M ^d   Thielke, Stephen M ^e,f   Chaves, Paulo H M ^g   Gobbo, Liana Del ^h   Hirsch, Calvin ⁱ   Siscovick, David ^j   Newman, Anne B ^k  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

active life expectancy; disability; lifestyle; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; EXERCISE; HEALTHY DIET; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTHY DIET; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OBESITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992107936     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14314     Document Type: Article

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