Diehr, Paula; Johnson, Laura Lee; Patrick, Donald; … - Berkeley Electronic Press - 2004
Background: The aging process can be described as the change in health-related variables over time. Unfortunately … patterns of change in health. Methods have been proposed to incorporate death into self-rated health (excellent to poor) and …. (3) To use the approach to illustrate the effect of stroke on these variables.Setting: The Cardiovascular Health Study of …