Self-rated health and all-cause and cause-specific mortality of older adults: Individual data meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies in the CHANCES Consortium

Maturitas

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages 37-44

  Bamia, Christina ^a,b   Orfanos, Philippos ^a,b   Juerges, Hendrik ^c   Schöttker, Ben ^d   Brenner, Hermann ^d,e   Lorbeer, Roberto ^f,g   Aadahl, Mette ^h   Matthews, Charles E ⁱ   Klinaki, Eleni ^b   Katsoulis, Michael ^b   Lagiou, Pagona ^a,b,j   Eriksson, Sture ^o   Mons, Ute ^d   Saum, Kai Uwe ^d   Kubinova, Ruzena ^p   Pajak, Andrzej ^q   Tamosiunas, Abdonas ^r   Malyutina, Sofia ^s,t   Gardiner, Julian ^u   Peasey, Anne ^u   de Groot, Lisette CPGM ^v   Wilsgaard, Tom ^w   Boffetta, Paolo ^b,x   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^a,b   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b,j,y   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^g LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h Center for Health   (Denmark)

ⁱ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k as)   (Netherlands)

^l as)   (Netherlands)

^m as)   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ as)   (Malaysia)

^o UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^q JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^r LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^s Institute of Internal and Preventive Medicine   (Russian Federation)

^t NOVOSIBIRSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^u UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^v WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^x MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^y BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

more..

Author keywords

Ageing; All cause mortality; CHANCES; Cohort; Elderly; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF RATED HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SELF REPORT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85021339992     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.06.023     Document Type: Article

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