Comparative health and self-rated health are equivalently associated with health indicators among older adults

Sunny Chen¹, Heather Whitson², Ana Quiñones³, Stephen Thielke⁴

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¹ Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Puget Sound VA Medical Center, GRECC S-182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA.
² Department of Medicine (Geriatrics) & Ophthalmology and the Aging Center, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, 3rd floor GRECC, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
³ School of Public Health, and Portland, VA Medical Center, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail code: CB669, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
⁴ Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Puget Sound VA Medical Center, GRECC S-182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, 1959 Pacific Street, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: sthielke@u.washington.edu.

PMID: 26386324
PMCID: PMC4869532
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.08.022

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Comparative health and self-rated health are equivalently associated with health indicators among older adults

Sunny Chen et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb:70:279-80.

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.08.022. Epub 2015 Sep 18.

Authors

Sunny Chen¹, Heather Whitson², Ana Quiñones³, Stephen Thielke⁴

Affiliations

¹ Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Puget Sound VA Medical Center, GRECC S-182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA.
² Department of Medicine (Geriatrics) & Ophthalmology and the Aging Center, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, 3rd floor GRECC, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
³ School of Public Health, and Portland, VA Medical Center, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail code: CB669, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
⁴ Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Puget Sound VA Medical Center, GRECC S-182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, 1959 Pacific Street, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: sthielke@u.washington.edu.

PMID: 26386324
PMCID: PMC4869532
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.08.022

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Global self-rated health data from a longitudinal study predicted mortality better than comparative self-rated health in old age.
Vuorisalmi M, Lintonen T, Jylhä M. Vuorisalmi M, et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2005 Jul;58(7):680-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.11.025. J Clin Epidemiol. 2005. PMID: 15939219

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