The Fountain of Age: A Remarkable 3D Shape that Portrays Health and Functional Differences among the European Elderly

There are very few norms to evaluate and monitor the health and functioning of the elderly. This paper proposes a compact spatial representation of 25 health measurements of European citizens older than 50 years. Data from 44,285 unique individuals were obtained from the EU-wide Survey of Health, Ag...

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Main Authors: van Buuren, Stef, Perenboom, Rom
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4025001/