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Many people are interested in PPARC's findings about people as they reach 90 and 100 years of age. Several papers in 2008 reported findings about the very old.
Christensen K, McGue M, Petersen I, Jeune B, Vaupel JW. Exceptional longevity does not result in excessive levels of disability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2008; 105(36):13274-9.
PMCID: PMC2517602
Hartvigsen J, Christensen K. Pain in the back and neck are with us until the end: a nationwide interview-based survey of Danish 100-year-olds. Spine 2008;33(8):909-13.
Engberg H, Christensen K, Andersen-Ranberg K, Jeune B. Cohort Changes in Cognitive Function among Danish Centenarians. A Comparative Study of 2 Birth Cohorts Born in 1895 and 1905. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2008;26(2):153-160.
Christensen K. Human biodemography: Some challenges and possibilities for aging research. Demographic Research 2008;19:1575-1586.
Brønnum-Hansen H, Petersen I, Jeune B, Christensen K. Lifetime according to health status among the oldest olds in Denmark. Age and Ageing 2008: 1-5. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afn239.
Engberg H, Christensen K, Andersen-Ranberg K, Vaupel JW, Jeune B. Improving activities of daily living in Danish centenarians – but only in women: a comparative study of two birth cohorts born in 1895 and 1905. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 2008;63A(11):1186-92.
Jacobsen PK, Sigsgaard T, Pedersen OF, Christensen K, Miller MR.
Lung function as a predictor of survival in very elderly people: the Danish 1905 cohort study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2008;56(11):2150-2.