TY  - JOUR
T1  - Physical functional health and risk of future cardiovascular disease: The scottish health survey
AU  - Hamer M, Batty G, Kivimaki M, Stamatakis E
Y1  - 2011/03/28
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.86
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 593
EP  - 594
VL  - 171
IS  - 6
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.86
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.86
ER  -