Aging, Health Risks, and Cumulative Disability
Open Access
- 9 April 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 338 (15), 1035-1041
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199804093381506
Abstract
Persons with lower health risks tend to live longer than those with higher health risks, but there has been concern that greater longevity may bring with it greater disability. We performed a longitudinal study to determine whether persons with lower potentially modifiable health risks have more or less cumulative disability.Keywords
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