Longitudinal associations between self-rated health and performance-based physical function in a population-based cohort of older adults.

BACKGROUND:Although self-rated health (SRH) and performance-based physical function (PPF) are both strong predictors of mortality, little research has investigated the relationships between them. The objective of this study was to evaluate longitudinal, bi-directional associations between SRH and PP...

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Main Authors: Willa D Brenowitz, Rebecca A Hubbard, Paul K Crane, Shelly L Gray, Oleg Zaslavsky, Eric B Larson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4218810?pdf=render