Declines in Strength and Mortality Risk Among Older Mexican Americans: Joint Modeling of Survival and Longitudinal Data

D. Peterson, Mark; Zhang, Peng; A. Duchowny, Kate; S. Markides, Kyriakos; J. Ottenbacher, Kenneth; Al Snih, Soham

doi:10.1093/gerona/glw051

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Declines in Strength and Mortality Risk Among Older Mexican Americans: Joint Modeling of Survival and Longitudinal Data

Published in The Journals of Gerontology Series A • Mar 24, 2016

Authors:

Mark D. Peterson

Peng Zhang

Kate A. Duchowny

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Grip strength is a noninvasive method of risk stratification; however, the association between changes in strength and mortality is unknown. The purposes of this study were to examine the association between grip strength and mortality among older Mexican Americans and to determine the a...

Subject

Grip strength

Hazard ratio

Demography

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