Five‐Year Survival of Older People with Anemia: Variation with Hemoglobin Concentration

Kikuchi, Motoo; Inagaki, Toshiaki; Shinagawa, Nagao

doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49241.x

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Five‐Year Survival of Older People with Anemia: Variation with Hemoglobin Concentration

Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society • Sep 1, 2001

Authors:

Motoo Kikuchi

Toshiaki Inagaki

Nagao Shinagawa

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the significance of low hemoglobin concentration and longevity in older people. DESIGN: Randomized prospective study. SETTING: Nursing home and geriatric hospital ward in a metropolitan welfare center. PARTICIPANTS: Apparently stable older residents from 1990 to 1996. MEAS...

Subject

Medicine

Anemia

Hemoglobin

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