July 24, 2014The Journals of Gerontology Series A179 citationsOpen Access

Comorbidity and Functional Trajectories From Midlife to Old Age: The Health and Retirement Study

SSSari StenholmUniversity of Turku HWHugo WesterlundStockholm University JHJenny HeadPublic Health England

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Comorbidity is associated with greater burden of physical functioning difficulties. Of the studied diseases, memory-related diseases, stroke, pulmonary diseases, and arthritis alone or in combination limit most physical functioning.

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