The contribution of diseases to the male-female disability-survival paradox in the very old: results from the Newcastle 85+ study.
<h4>Background</h4>Explanations for the male-female disability-survival paradox - that woman live longer than men but with more disability - include sex differences in diseases and their impact on disability and death. Less is known about the paradox in the very old. We examine sex diffe...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014
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