Browsing Medicina, ciencias biomédicas y salud pública by Subject "United States"

Now showing items 1-2 of 2

Exploring why Costa Rica outperforms the United States in life expectancy: A tale of two inequality gradients

Rosero Bixby, Luis; Dow, William H. (2016)

Mortality in the United States is 18% higher than in Costa Rica among adult men and 10% higher among middle-aged women, despite the several times higher income and health expenditures of the United States. This comparison ...
Predicting Survival from Telomere Length versus Conventional Predictors: A Multinational Population-Based Cohort Study

Glei, Dana; Risques, Rosa Ana; Rehkopf, David H.; Dow, William H.; Rosero Bixby, Luis; Weinstein, Maxine; Goldman, Noreen (2016-04)

Telomere length has generated substantial interest as a potential predictor of aging- related diseases and mortality. Some studies have reported significant associations, but few have tested its ability to discriminate ...