TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of perceived health status in elderly men and women
T2 - The Cardiovascular Health Study
AU - Schulz, R.
AU - Mittelmark, M.
AU - Kronmal, R.
AU - Polak, J. F.
AU - Hirsch, Calvin H
AU - German, P.
AU - Bookwala, J.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1177/089826439400600401
DO - 10.1177/089826439400600401
M3 - Article
C2 - 10138383
AN - SCOPUS:0028073740
VL - 6
SP - 419
EP - 447
JO - Journal of Aging and Health
JF - Journal of Aging and Health
SN - 0898-2643
IS - 4
ER -