Predictive value of a profile of routine blood measurements on mortality in older persons in the general population: the Leiden 85-plus Study.

Predictive value of a profile of routine blood measurements on mortality in older persons in the general population: the Leiden 85-plus Study.

BACKGROUND: Various questionnaires and performance tests predict mortality in older people. However, most are heterogeneous, laborious and a validated consensus index is not available yet. Since most older people are regularly monitored by laboratory tests, we compared the predictive value of a prof...

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Main Authors: Anne H van Houwelingen, Wendy P J den Elzen, Simon P Mooijaart, Margot Heijmans, Jeanet W Blom, Anton J M de Craen, Jacobijn Gussekloo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3587570?pdf=render

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