Predictors of mortality in 2,249 nonagenarians--the Danish 1905-Cohort Survey.

H, Nybo; HC, Petersen; D, Gaist; B, Jeune; K, Andersen; M, McGue; JW, Vaupel; K, Christensen

doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51453.x

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Predictors of mortality in 2,249 nonagenarians--the Danish 1905-Cohort Survey.

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Nybo H

Petersen HC

Gaist D

Abstract

Objectives : To elucidate whether well-known predictions of mortality are reduced or even reversed, or whether mortality is a stochastic process in the oldest old.Design : A multidimensional survey of the Danish 1905 cohort conducted in 1998 with follow-up of vital status after 15 months.Setting : D...

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