Disability-Free Life-Years Lost Among Adults Aged ≥50 Years With and Without Diabetes
Author(s) -
Barbara H. Bardenheier,
Ji Lin,
Xiaohui Zhuo,
Mohammed K. Ali,
Theodore J. Thompson,
Yiling J. Cheng,
Edward W. Gregg
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
diabetes care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636
H-Index - 363
eISSN - 1935-5548
pISSN - 0149-5992
DOI - 10.2337/dc15-1095
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , gerontology , activities of daily living , population , incidence (geometry) , health and retirement study , demography , public health , physical therapy , environmental health , physics , nursing , sociology , optics , endocrinology
To quantify the impact of diabetes status on healthy and disabled years of life for older adults in the U.S. and provide a baseline from which to evaluate ongoing national public health efforts to prevent and control diabetes and disability.
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