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SUBMITTER: Arnold J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2946582 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arnold Jonathan J Dai Jianliang J Nahapetyan Lusine L Arte Ankit A Johnson Mary Ann MA Hausman Dorothy D Rodgers Willard L WL Hensley Robert R Martin Peter P Macdonald Maurice M Davey Adam A Siegler Ilene C IC Jazwinski S Michal SM Poon Leonard W LW
Current gerontology and geriatrics research 20100914
Used a population-based sample (Georgia Centenarian Study, GCS), to determine proportions of centenarians reaching 100 years as (1) survivors (43%) of chronic diseases first experienced between 0-80 years of age, (2) delayers (36%) with chronic diseases first experienced between 80-98 years of age, or (3) escapers (17%) with chronic diseases only at 98 years of age or older. Diseases fall into two morbidity profiles of 11 chronic diseases; one including cardiovascular disease, cancer, anemia, an ...[more]