Sex, race, and age differences in observed years of life, healthy life, and able life among older adults in the cardiovascular health study

Journal of Personalized Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 440-451

  Thielke, Stephen M ^a,b   Diehr, Paula H ^c   Yee, Laura M ^c   Arnold, Alice M ^c   Quiñones, Ana R ^d   Whitson, Heather E ^e,f   Jacob, Mini E ^g   Newman, Anne B ^g  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Able life; Active life; ADL; Healthy life; Longevity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RACE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84995668359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jpm5040440     Document Type: Article

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