Title | Predictors of perceived health status in elderly men and women. The Cardiovascular Health Study. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1994 |
Authors | Schulz, R, Mittelmark, M, Kronmal, R, Polak, JF, Hirsch, CH, German, P, Bookwala, J |
Journal | J Aging Health |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 4 |
Pagination | 419-47 |
Date Published | 1994 Nov |
ISSN | 0898-2643 |
Keywords | Aged, Cardiovascular Diseases, Data Collection, Female, Forecasting, Geriatric Assessment, Health Status, Humans, Male, Multivariate Analysis, Regression Analysis, Self-Assessment, Sex Factors, United States |
Abstract | <p>Baseline data on the perceived health status of participants (N = 5,201) in the Cardiovascular Health Study of the Elderly (CHS) are reported. The authors examined the predictive utility of health-related factors representing eight different domains, assessed gender differences in the prediction of perceived health, and tested a hypothesis regarding the role of known clinical conditions versus subclinical disease in predicting perceived health. Multivariate analyses showed that the majority of the explained variance in self-assessed health is accounted for by variables that fall into four general categories. Although gender differences were small, the analysis showed that the relative importance of several predictor variables did vary by gender.</p> |
DOI | 10.1177/089826439400600401 |
Alternate Journal | J Aging Health |
PubMed ID | 10138383 |
Grant List | HC-87-04 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HL 44436 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States MH 46015 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States |