Smoking Kills, Obesity Disables: A Multistate Approach of the US Health and Retirement Survey
Abstract
Increasing BMI causes concerns about the consequences for health care. Decreasing cardiovascular mortality has lowered obesity‐related mortality, extending duration of disability. We hypothesized increased duration of disability among overweight and obese individuals. We estimated age‐, risk‐, and state‐dependent probabilities of activities of daily living (ADL) disability and death and calculated multistate life tables, resulting in the...
Paper Details
Title
Smoking Kills, Obesity Disables: A Multistate Approach of the US Health and Retirement Survey
Published Date
Apr 1, 2009
Journal
Volume
17
Issue
4
Pages
783 - 789
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