Characteristics and Incidence of Chronic Illness in Community-Dwelling Predominantly Male U.S. Veteran Centenarians.

Raya Elfadel KheirbekAli FokarNawar SharaLeakie K Bell-WilsonHans J MooreEdwin OlsenMarc R BlackmanMaria D Llorente

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2017)

In a large cohort of predominantly male community-dwelling elderly veterans, centenarians had a lower incidence of chronic illness than those in their 80s and 90s, demonstrating similar compression of morbidity and extension of health span observed in other studies.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
risk factors
healthcare
public health
mental health
health information
risk assessment
drug induced
social media
case control
human health