Long-term mortality risks associated with mild anaemia in older persons: the Busselton Health Study | Zendy

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Long-term mortality risks associated with mild anaemia in older persons: the Busselton Health Study

Author(s) -

Kerry A. Chalmers,

Matthew Knuiman,

Mark Divitini,

David Bruce,

John K. Olynyk,

Elizabeth A. Milward

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afs150

Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , cause of death , cancer , proportional hazards model , anemia , demography , pediatrics , gerontology , disease , sociology

up to 25% of older people in the USA and other Western countries are anaemic by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. The objective of this study was to examine the long-term relationships of haemoglobin concentration with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a community-based sample of Australian adults surveyed in 1978.

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