Cause-specific mortality in osteoarthritis of peripheral joints

securitization of mortality risks in life annuities

insurers have in the past few decades faced longevity risks - the risk that annuitants survive more than expected - and therefore need a new approach to manage this new risk. in this dissertation we survey methods that hedge longevity risks. these methods use securitization to manage risk, so using modern financial and insurance pricing models, especially wang transform and actuarial concepts, ...

Permeability of Calcified Cartilage in Osteoarthritis Joints

Pan, J; Zhou, X; Scherr, T; Yang, Y; Li, B; Li, W; Yang WD; Wang, L Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; email:[email protected] Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA), a progressive disease of joint degradation, is characterized as loss of articular cartilage with associated soft and hard tiss...

The FoxO3 gene and cause‐specific mortality

The G allele of the FOXO3 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2802292 exhibits a consistently replicated genetic association with longevity in multiple populations worldwide. The aims of this study were to quantify the mortality risk for the longevity-associated genotype and to discover the particular cause(s) of death associated with this allele in older Americans of diverse ancestry. It in...

Cause-Specific Mortality among Medicare Enrollees

Osteoarthritis of finger joints in Finns aged 30 or over: prevalence, determinants, and association with mortality.

BACKGROUND Prevalence and risk factors of osteoarthritis (OA) in finger joints have been amply explored in previous studies. However, no study has focused on finger joint OA as a predictor of mortality. OBJECTIVE To investigate finger joint OA for its associations with alleged risk factors and with life expectancy in an extensive health survey. METHODS From 1978 to 1980 a representative pop...