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Wiley StatsRef: Statistics Reference Online. :1-26
The use of sample surveys in biostatistics arises from the need to answer questions about health issues in the community. The earliest uses of survey methodology in health research in the United States were motivated more by policy issues than by epi
Association of Physical Activity and Vascular Stiffness in 70- to 79-Year-Olds: The Health ABC Study
Autor:
Dwight B. Brock, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Edward G. Lakatta, Harold A. Spurgeon, Peter V. Vaitkevicius, Anne B. Newman, Michelle E. Danielson, Richard J. Havlik, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Marco Pahor
Publikováno v:
Scopus-Elsevier
Although it is well established that stiff blood vessels contribute to systolic hypertension and increased cardiovascular disease with aging, risk factors for vascular stiffness are still being defined. The Health, Aging, and Body Composition study i
Publikováno v:
Wiley StatsRef: Statistics Reference
The use of sample surveys in biostatistics arises from the need to answer questions about health issues in the community. The earliest uses of survey methodology in health research in the United States were motivated more by policy issues than by epi
Autor:
Caroline L. Phillips, Dwight B. Brock, Maria Chiara Corti, Grant Izmirlian, Luigi Ferrucci, Suzanne G. Leveille, Jack M. Guralnik
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Epidemiology. 149:645-653
The effect of smoking and physical activity on active and disabled life expectancy was estimated using data from the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE). Population-based samples of persons aged > or = 65 years fr
Autor:
Dwight B. Brock, Daniel J. Foley
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The Hospice Journal. 13:49-60
SUMMARYAs chronic disease continues to be the major cause of death and as the elderly population grows, it is important to evaluate the adequacy and completeness of health care strategies for the elderly. Two studies, the National Mortality Followbac
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Preventive Medicine. 25:561-568
Background. This study was undertaken to examine patterns of delivery of preventive services for breast and cervical cancer and the bundling of several preventive services. Methods. Data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey on visits by w
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Journal of Aging and Health. 8:307-319
We describe decedents' days of care and changes in residence due to episodes of hospital and institutional care in the last 90 days of life. Data are from the National Institute on Aging's Survey of the Last Days of Life (SLDOL) with informants' resp
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The American Statistician. 44:200-203
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The Gerontologist. 35:119-121
Circumstances in the last 3 days of life were examined for a sample of 1,227 elderly decedents in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in 1985. Interviews were with a surviving next-of-kin or a nonrelative about 3 months after the event of death. Most dece
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Aging clinical and experimental research. 15(1)
Background and aims: Hip and knee replacements have become increasingly common in the older population but the prevalence of these procedures and the potential impact on functioning towards the end of life have not been previously described. The aim