Adrian M. Ostfeld

TL;DR: The inverse association of weight and mortality in old age appears to reflect illness-related weight loss from heavier weight in middle-age, and weight history may be critical to understandingWeight and mortality relations in oldAge.

TL;DR: Along with the expected medical factors, physical activity level and social and economic factors contributed to driving cessation, and increasing age and disability were associated with mileage reduction compared to five years earlier.

TL;DR: Hypoalbuminemia and lower serum albumin were independently associated with anemia, recent diagnosis of cancer, two or more limitations in activities of daily living, residence in a nursing home, heavy cigarette smoking, and older age.

TL;DR: Depression, measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), was measured at baseline as were other predictor variables and more frequent attendance at religious services was associated with lower incidence.

TL;DR: The large overlap of anxiety disorders with major depression observed in this study indicates that the estimated rates of anxiety disorder are not independent of major depression in most cases and raises questions about whether the anxiety disorders of bereavement are prodromal, concomitant, or residual with respect to major depression.