Gender, nutritional status and disability-free life expectancy among older people in Santiago, Chile.

This study was aimed to estimate life expectancy (LE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and disabled life expectancy (DLE) among older adults from Santiago, Chile, and to determine the existence of differences by gender and by body mass index (BMI) categories in these indicators.A sample of 12...

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Main Authors: Ximena Moreno, Cecilia Albala, Lydia Lera, Bárbara Leyton, Bárbara Angel, Hugo Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5874002?pdf=render