Survival, disabilities in activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive functioning among the oldest-old in China: a cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10079, 2017, Pages 1619-1629

  Zeng, Yi ^a,b   Feng, Qiushi ^c   Hesketh, Therese ^d,e   Christensen, Kaare ^f   Vaupel, James W ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF SUCCESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EXTENSION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY RATE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85014760705     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30548-2     Document Type: Article

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