| Autor: |
T. Franklin Williams, P.Burt Veazey, Bernard G. Greenberg, David J. Newell |
| Rok vydání: |
1961 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Chronic Diseases. 13:439-452 |
| ISSN: |
0021-9681 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/0021-9681(61)90029-7 |
| Popis: |
1. 1. The age at death of parents can be a useful clue in the study of the etiology of diseases. Until recently, cohort life tables suitable for studying normal values have not been available. 2. 2. The cohort life table can be used to provide average values (mean and median) for the length of life of parents born at a particular time and known to have survived until the birth of the propositus under study. 3. 3. The shortcomings of the method are discussed in this paper and refinements which will become possible in the future are pointed out. 4. 4. The method is applied to a study of diabetes in middle-aged white persons. It is shown that there is no evidence to suggest that their parents have shorter lives than the general population or than a control group matched for age, sex, and socioeconomic status. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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