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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundCentenarians exhibit extreme longevity and have been postulated, by some researchers, as a model for healthy aging. The identification of the characteristics of centenarians might be useful to understand the process of human aging.MethodsIn ...
Sara Cruces-Salguero +8 more
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An Oral Health Study of Centenarians and Children of Centenarians [PDF]
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2014 Objectives To determine whether oral health is better in centenarians than in a published birth cohort–matched sample and to compare oral health in centenarian offspring with a case‐controlled reference sample.
Laura B, Kaufman +6 more
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The Aging Male, 2023 Background With the rapid increase in population longevity, more clinical attention is being paid to the overall health of long-lived people, especially centenarians.
Min Jhon +6 more
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A centenarian extraordinaire [PDF]
British Journal of Psychiatry, 2011 SummaryHenry Rollin, a distinguished Member, Fellow and now Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has attained his 101st year. The achievements of this remarkable man are described and speculations made about the reasons for his longevity and his plans for the future.
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A comparison of perceived uselessness between centenarians and non-centenarians in China
BMC Geriatrics, 2018 Background Self-perceived uselessness is associated with poorer health in older adults. However, it is unclear whether there is a difference in self-perceived uselessness between centenarians and non-centenarians, and if so, which factors contributed to ...
Yuan Zhao +7 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2010 Background Age and life expectancy of residents in many developed countries, including Australia, is increasing. Health resource and medicine use in the very old is not well studied. The purpose of this study was to identify annual use of health services
Ryan Philip +4 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background This study aims to analyze the distribution of serum uric acid (SUA) level based on more than 1000 centenarians and to explore the association with three common diseases including hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia.
Fuyin Kou +4 more
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The impact of nutritional status on centenarians’ physical, mental, and functional health
Clinical Nutrition Open ScienceSummary: Background & Aims: Nutrition has been described as a lifestyle factor strongly associated with health phenotypes in extreme longevity. However, little is known about its relationship with health-related outcomes in centenarians.
Ivan David Lozada-Martinez +4 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2019 Background Due to improved healthcare, more people reach extreme ages. Oral health in the oldest-old has thus far been poorly described. Here, we investigated self-reported oral health factors, use of professional oral health care, and associations with ...
Nina Beker +3 more
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Stratification in health and survival after age 100: evidence from Danish centenarians
BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background The existence of a super-select group of centenarians that demonstrates increased survivorship has been hypothesized. However, it is unknown if this super-select group possesses similar characteristics apart from extreme longevity.
Jesús-Adrián Alvarez +4 more
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