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New death risk test targets adults over fifty years old
Researchers create a 12 factor score to predict four year mortality in people over 50. The test, aided by PMedical Center, assigns points for sex diabetes smoking mobility and age increments, and is about 81 percent accurate though not foolproof. Critics note omissions like blood pressure and cholesterol, and BMI quirks.
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San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Chicago
Pmedical Center
Lee
Kenneth Ovinsky
National Institute On Aging
Journal of the American Medical Association
Donald Jurivich
University of Illinois At Chicago
Jurivich
Willie Hood Jr
George Lange
Columbia-St
Medicare
Covinsky