Accelerated degradation model and its applications to the statistical analysis of the role played by dementia and sex in the loss of functional autonomy in the elderly.

Mikhail Nikulin (1) , Pascale Barberger-Gateau (2) , Vilijandas Bagdonavicius (3)

1 IMB - Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux
2 Epidémiologie, santé publique et développement
3 Departement of Statistics, Vilnius University

The paper considers the statistical analysis of aging and degradation processes in the elderly.

Mots clés: Aging; Bagdonavicius-Nikulin model; degradation; demography; dementia; disability; elderly; PAQUID; Wulfsohn-Tsiatis model.; Wulfsohn-Tsiatis model

Domaines: Statistiques [math.ST]; Théorie [stat.TH]; Applications [stat.AP]; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Mikhail Nikulin, Pascale Barberger-Gateau, Vilijandas Bagdonavicius. Accelerated degradation model and its applications to the statistical analysis of the role played by dementia and sex in the loss of functional autonomy in the elderly.. Advances in gerontology, 2006, 19, pp.44-54. ⟨hal-00223890⟩