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creators_name: Sanderson, W.
creators_name: Scherbov, S.
creators_name: Weber, D.
creators_name: Bordone, V.
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creators_orcid: 0000-0002-0881-1073
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title: Combined Measures of Upper and Lower Body Strength and Subgroup Differences in Subsequent Survival Among the Older Population of England
ispublished: pub
divisions: prog_pop
keywords: measuring aging, chair rise, hand-grip strength, ELSA, survivorship
abstract: Objective: To provide an example of a new methodology for using multiple characteristics in the study of population aging and to assess its usefulness. 
Method: Using the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA), we investigate three characteristics of each person 60 to 85 years old, by level of education, hand-grip strength in 2004 (measured in kilos), chair rise speed in 2004 (measured in rises per minute), and whether the person survived from 2004 to 2012. Because the three characteristics are measured in different units, we convert them into a common metric, called alpha-ages. 
Results: We find that the average of the alpha-age differentials in the measures of upper body and lower body strength predicts educational differentials in subsequent survival better than either physical measure alone. Discussion: This result demonstrates the benefit of combining characteristics, using alpha-ages to convert incommensurate observations into a common metric.
date: 2016-10
publisher: Sage
id_number: doi:10.1177/0898264316656515
creators_browse_id: 265
creators_browse_id: 270
creators_browse_id: 325
creators_browse_id: 35
full_text_status: none
publication: Journal of Aging and Health
volume: 28
number: 7
pagerange: 1178-1193
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0898-2643
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fp7_project: no
fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
citation:   Sanderson, W. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/265.html>, Scherbov, S. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/270.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-1073 <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-1073>, Weber, D. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/325.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7873-0458 <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7873-0458>, & Bordone, V. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/35.html>  (2016).  Combined Measures of Upper and Lower Body Strength and Subgroup Differences in Subsequent Survival Among the Older Population of England.   Journal of Aging and Health 28 (7) 1178-1193. 10.1177/0898264316656515 <https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264316656515>.