Section outline

  • Lecture: Epidemiologic methods in aging

    Risk factors for disease in the elderly; competing risk/role of selective survival; age/period/cohort effects; measurement difficulties (e.g., due to physical, cognitive or sensory impairments)

    Q: What is the likely effect on risk estimates for CVD in people over 80 of a major flu epidemic that occurred when they were 30?

    Faculty: Mary Haan

    Location: Mission Hall 1105

     

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

    • Newman AB. Overview of design, implementation and analyses of longitudinal studies on aging. 2010 File
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    • Goodwin JS. Embracing complexity 2003. File
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    • Rajan K. Cognitive turning point. J of Gerontology: Med Scie (2017: Vol 00.) File
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    • Raghanuthan TE. Missing data. ARPH 2004. File
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