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Predicting the risk of physical disability in old age using modifiable mid-life risk factors

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posted on 2015-01-01, 00:00 authored by Evelyn Wong, Christopher StevensonChristopher Stevenson, Kathryn BackholerKathryn Backholer, M Woodward, J E Shaw, Anna PeetersAnna Peeters
We aimed to investigate the relationship between potentially modifiable risk factors in middle age and disability after 13 years using the Framingham Offspring Study (FOS). We further aimed to develop a disability risk algorithm to estimate the risk of future disability for those aged 45-65 years.

History

Journal

Journal of epidemiology and community health

Volume

69

Issue

1

Pagination

70 - 76

Publisher

BMJ Group

Location

London, Eng.

ISSN

0143-005X

eISSN

1470-2738

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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2015, BMJ Group