Association between multimorbidity, self-rated health and life satisfaction among independent, community-dwelling very old persons in Japan: longitudinal cohort analysis from the Kawasaki Ageing and Well-being Project

• Toru Takebayashi,
• Yukiko Abe,
• Yasumichi Arai,
• Takayuki Ando,
• Yoshinori Nishimoto,
• Takumi Hirata,
• Midori Takayama,
• Takashi Maeno,
• Seitaro Fujishima

Affiliations

Toru Takebayashi

Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yukiko Abe

5 Department of Radiology, The Jikei University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yasumichi Arai

Center for Supercentenarian Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Takayuki Ando

1Division of Epigenomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshinori Nishimoto

Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Takumi Hirata

Department of Public Health, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Midori Takayama

Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Takashi Maeno

Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Seitaro Fujishima

Center for General Medicine Education, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan