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- Title
Additive effects of cognitive function and depressive symptoms on mortality in elderly community-living adults.
- Authors
Mehta, Kala M; Yaffe, Kristine; Langa, Kenneth M; Sands, Laura; Whooley, Mary A; Covinsky, Kenneth E
- Abstract
Poor cognitive function and depressive symptoms are common in the elderly, frequently coexist, and are interrelated. Both risk factors are independently associated with mortality. Few studies have comprehensively described how the combination of poor cognitive function and depressive symptoms affect the risk for mortality. Our aim was to examine whether the combination of varying levels of cognitive function and depressive symptoms affect the risk of mortality in community-living elderly adults.
- Publication
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2003, Vol 58, Issue 5, pM461
- ISSN
1079-5006
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/gerona/58.5.m461