Self-rated health and all-cause and cause-specific mortality of older adults: Individual data meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies in the CHANCES Consortium

•The association of self-rated health with mortality is confirmed by the large CHANCES study.•Self-rated health is a simple tool that may be used to identify elders at risk of early mortality.•Changing factors related to self-rated health is important for the elders to feel and be healthy. To evalua...

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Published in:	Maturitas Vol. 103; pp. 37 - 44
Main Authors:	Bamia, Christina, Orfanos, Philippos, Juerges, Hendrik, Schöttker, Ben, Brenner, Hermann, Lorbeer, Roberto, Aadahl, Mette, Matthews, Charles E., Klinaki, Eleni, Katsoulis, Michael, Lagiou, Pagona, Bueno-de-mesquita, H.B(as)., Eriksson, Sture, Mons, Ute, Saum, Kai-Uwe, Kubinova, Ruzena, Pajak, Andrzej, Tamosiunas, Abdonas, Malyutina, Sofia, Gardiner, Julian, Peasey, Anne, de Groot, Lisette CPGM, Wilsgaard, Tom, Boffetta, Paolo, Trichopoulou, Antonia, Trichopoulos, Dimitrios
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.09.2017
Subjects:	Ageing All-cause mortality Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality Chair Nutrition and Health over the Lifecourse CHANCES Cohort Elderly Europe - epidemiology Global Nutrition Health Status HNE Nutrition and Health over the Lifecourse HNE Voeding en Gezondheid in de Levenscyclus Humans Internal Medicine Neoplasms - mortality Obstetrics and Gynecology Proportional Hazards Models Prospective Studies Self Report Self-rated health United States - epidemiology VLAG Wereldvoeding OR All-cause mortality Cohort CI Ageing SRH CHANCES HR Self-rated health Elderly ageing elderly cohort Hazard Ratio Confidence Interval all-cause mortality Self-Rated Health Odds Ratio Consortium on Health and Ageing Network of Cohorts in Europe and the United States
ISSN:	0378-5122, 1873-4111, 1873-4111
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