2014
A comparison of methods for assessing mortality risk
Levine ME, Crimmins EM. A comparison of methods for assessing mortality risk. American Journal Of Human Biology 2014, 26: 768-776. PMID: 25088793, PMCID: PMC4286244, DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22595.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFramingham risk scoreDisease-specific mortalityRisk scoreAllostatic loadBiological ageNutrition Examination Survey IIICox proportional hazards modelStratified age groupsStrong associationExamination Survey IIIProportional hazards modelParticipants ages 50CVD mortalityPerson yearsCancer mortalityNational HealthStudy populationMortality riskAge 50Hazards modelAge 30Age groupsMortalityAge rangeSurvey III
2012
Modeling the Rate of Senescence: Can Estimated Biological Age Predict Mortality More Accurately Than Chronological Age?
Levine ME. Modeling the Rate of Senescence: Can Estimated Biological Age Predict Mortality More Accurately Than Chronological Age? The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2012, 68: 667-674. PMID: 23213031, PMCID: PMC3660119, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls233.Peer-Reviewed Original Research