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Wilma J. Nusselder
Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Publications - 137
Citations - 10360
Wilma J. Nusselder is an academic researcher from Erasmus University Rotterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Life expectancy & Population. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 132 publications receiving 9332 citations. Previous affiliations of Wilma J. Nusselder include Erasmus University Medical Center.
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Effects of physical activity on life expectancy with cardiovascular disease
Oscar H. Franco,Chris De Laet,Anna Peeters,Jacqueline T. Jonker,Johan P. Mackenbach,Wilma J. Nusselder +5 more
TL;DR: Avoiding a sedentary lifestyle during adulthood not only prevents cardiovascular disease independently of other risk factors but also substantially expands the total life expectancy and the cardiovascular disease-free life expectancy for men and women.
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Associations of diabetes mellitus with total life expectancy and life expectancy with and without cardiovascular disease.
TL;DR: The increase in the risk of CVD and mortality from diabetes represents an important decrease in life expectancy and life expectancy free of CVC.
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Inequalities in healthy life years in the 25 countries of the European Union in 2005: a cross-national meta-regression analysis.
Carol Jagger,Clare L Gillies,Francesco Moscone,Emmanuelle Cambois,Herman Van Oyen,Wilma J. Nusselder,Jean-Marie Robine +6 more
TL;DR: Substantial inequalities in HLYs at 50 years exist within EU countries and the target of increasing participation of older people into the labour force will be difficult to meet in all 25 EU countries.
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Assessing the validity of the Global Activity Limitation Indicator in fourteen European countries
Nicolas Berger,Herman Van Oyen,Emmanuelle Cambois,Tony Fouweather,Carol Jagger,Wilma J. Nusselder,Jean-Marie Robine,Jean-Marie Robine +7 more
TL;DR: The study confirms the relevance of this indicator to measure general activity limitations in the European population and the need for caution when comparing the level of the GALI from one country to another.