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Predicting life expectancy of older people using respiratory symptoms and smoking status: Data from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing

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Respiratory symptoms are recognizable to patients and may be markers of chronic disease and mortality risk. This risk may be easier to conceptualize if presented as remaining life expectancy (LE)… Click to show full abstract

Respiratory symptoms are recognizable to patients and may be markers of chronic disease and mortality risk. This risk may be easier to conceptualize if presented as remaining life expectancy (LE) rather than hazard ratios. We aimed to predict the remaining LE of older people with respiratory symptoms using data from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ALSA).

Keywords: older people; australian longitudinal; respiratory symptoms; data australian; longitudinal study; life expectancy

Journal Title: Respirology
Year Published: 2019

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