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Can parental longevity and self-rated life expectancy predict mortality among older persons? — results from an Australian cohort
Author(s)	Carol van Doorn, Stanislav V Kasl
Journal title	The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 53B, no 1, January 1998
Pages	pp S28-S34
Keywords	Death ; Longevity ; Health [elderly] ; Over 70s ; Parents ; Longitudinal surveys ; Australia.
Annotation	This study examined the effects of parental longevity and self-rated life expectancy on mortality, building upon the established model of self-rated health predicting mortality. A community sample of Australians aged 70 years and over were surveyed in 1992 and 1995. The associations of interest were examined separately by sex using weighted multiple logistic regression. Parental ages at death were not associated with mortality for either men or women. In multivariate models, self-rated life expectancy had an independent effect on men's mortality and did not reduce the effect of self-rated health on mortality. The findings are consistent with results from other countries; the effect of self-rated health on mortality is stronger for men than for women. The study also found that the effect of self-rated life expectancy on mortality was stronger for men than for women.
Accession Number	CPA-980310410 A
Classmark	CW: BGA: CC: BBK: SR: 3J: 7YA
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