Centenarians: the older you get, the healthier you have been.
A retrospective analysis of the health and functional status of centenarians shows they are healthy and independent for most of their lives and experience a relatively rapid terminal decline.
Hitt
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Young-Xu
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Silver
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Perls
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D012189:Retrospective Studies