RT Journal
A1 Hamer M, Batty G, Kivimaki M, Stamatakis E
T1 Physical functional health and risk of future cardiovascular disease: The scottish health survey
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD March 28
VO 171
IS 6
SP 593
OP 594
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.86
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.86
AB 
Measures of self-rated health are powerful predictors of objective health outcomes,1 although these measures generally do not differentiate between specific domains of functional health. This information is critical to inform future interventions for prevention. In particular, the association between self-reported physical functional health and future risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population has received limited attention.2- 3 In the present study we used the Physical Component Summary (PCS) score from the 12-Item Short-Form Survey Instrument (SF-12) to examine associations with incident CVD events and all-cause mortality in a sample of adults without overt CVD from the general population.