TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk markers for mortality among elderly men-A community study in Jerusalem
AU - Abramson, J. H.
AU - Gofin, R.
AU - Peritz, E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements-Thseu rveyi n 1969-71w ass upportedb y the United StatesP ublic Health Service( P.L. 480 counterpartf unds, ResearchA greementN o. CD-IS-20) and the Bureauo f the Chief Scientisto f the Israeli Ministry of Health.J .H.A. was an EstablishedI nvestigatoro f the Chief Scientist’sB ureau,M inistry of Health, Israel.W e are gratefult o MS I. Ronen, of the Departmento f Social Medicine, HadassahU niversity-Hospital Medical School. for her assistancein tracingd eaths.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Risk markers for mortality among elderly men were investigated in a community survey in a neighborhood of western Jerusalem. The aim was to develop a practical method of identifying men with a high risk of mortality, for use in community health services caring for the aging and aged. Men aged 60 yr or more who had been interviewed and examined in 1969-1971 were followed up for 5 yr and the characteristics of the 75 who died were compared with those of the 312 who remained alive. The results of stepwise discriminant function analyses were translated into a simple set of criteria for the identification of men with a high risk of dying within 5 yr. The sensitivity of this mortality risk indicator hazard in this sample was 72% and its specificity was 78%. The components were age, inability to work, impaired mobility, impaired memory for recent events, electrocardiographic evidence of coronary heart disease, the presence of moderate or severe illness, diastolic hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and overweight.
AB - Risk markers for mortality among elderly men were investigated in a community survey in a neighborhood of western Jerusalem. The aim was to develop a practical method of identifying men with a high risk of mortality, for use in community health services caring for the aging and aged. Men aged 60 yr or more who had been interviewed and examined in 1969-1971 were followed up for 5 yr and the characteristics of the 75 who died were compared with those of the 312 who remained alive. The results of stepwise discriminant function analyses were translated into a simple set of criteria for the identification of men with a high risk of dying within 5 yr. The sensitivity of this mortality risk indicator hazard in this sample was 72% and its specificity was 78%. The components were age, inability to work, impaired mobility, impaired memory for recent events, electrocardiographic evidence of coronary heart disease, the presence of moderate or severe illness, diastolic hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and overweight.
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U2 - 10.1016/0021-9681(82)90076-5
DO - 10.1016/0021-9681(82)90076-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 7085849
AN - SCOPUS:0019972437
SN - 0021-9681
VL - 35
SP - 565
EP - 572
JO - Journal of Chronic Diseases
JF - Journal of Chronic Diseases
IS - 7
ER -