Session 96:
Sex differences in risk factors, disability and mortality
Chair: Yasuhiko Saito, Nihon University
Sex differences in level and rate-of-change of self-reported physical function and grip strength in the Danish 1905-cohort study • Anna Oksuzyan, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Heiner Maier, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Matt McGue, University of Minnesota ; Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark
The narrowing sex differential in life expectancy: mortality improvement and its efficiency • Zhen Zhang, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; James W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Cause-of-death contribution to the female-male gap in mortality in the United States • Magdalena Muszynska, Duke University ; Roland Rau, University of Rostock
Gender differences in the association of cardiovascular risk factors with education: a comparison of Costa Rica (CRELES) and the United States (NHANES) • David Rehkopf, University of California, San Francisco ; William H. Dow, University of California, Berkeley ; Luis Rosero-Bixby, Universidad de Costa Rica
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