%0 Journal Article
%T Lifestyle Practices and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in the Elderly: The Leisure World Cohort Study
%A Annlia Paganini-Hill
%J Cardiology Research and Practice
%D 2011
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.4061/2011/983764
%X Modifiable behavioral risk factors are major contributing causes of death, but whether the effects are maintained in older adults is uncertain. We explored the association of smoking, alcohol consumption, caffeine intake, physical activity, and body mass index on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in 13,296 older adults and calculated risk estimates using Cox regression analysis in four age groups (<70, 70–74, 75–79, and 80
%U http://www.hindawi.com/journals/crp/2011/983764/