Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Comorbidity and Functional Trajectories From Midlife to Old Age: The Health and Retirement Study

2014; Oxford University Press; Volume: 70; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/gerona/glu113

ISSN

1758-535X

Autores

Sari Stenholm, Hugo Westerlund, Jenny Head, Martin Hyde, Ichiro Kawachi, Jaana Pentti, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera,

Tópico(s)

Health disparities and outcomes

Resumo

Background.The number of diseases and physical functioning difficulties tend to increase with age. The aim of this study was to examine the trajectories of physical functioning across age groups and whether the trajectories differ according to disease status in different population subgroups.

Referência(s)