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Associations of chronic conditions, APOE4 allele, stress factors, and health behaviors with self-rated health.
BMC geriatrics - 26 Oct 2015
Hu Wen, Lu Jiehua
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BACKGROUND: Self-rated health (SRH) has been widely used to measure the overall health status of older adults. Research has shown that SRH is determined by a large array of factors, such as chronic disease conditions, genetic markers (e.g., Apolipoprotein E, APOE, NM_000041), stress factors, and health behaviors. However, few studies have incorporated these factors simultaneously in the analytic framework of SRH....
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