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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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ETHIOPIAN CENTENARIANS: HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SENSORY/COGNITIVE FUNCTIONALITY [PDF]
Globally, the centenarian population is expected to increase in the coming three decades reaching 3 million by 2050. In Ethiopia, like other Sub-Saharan African countries, information about the health condition, sensory and cognitive functionality of ...
Adamek, Margaret +3 more
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The impact of nutritional status on centenarians’ physical, mental, and functional health
Summary: 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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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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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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Stratification in health and survival after age 100: evidence from Danish centenarians
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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Health trajectories in Swedish centenarians
Longitudinal studies describing centenarians' health trajectories are currently lacking. We compared health trajectories of older adults becoming centenarians and their shorter-living counterparts in terms of chronic diseases, disability and cognitive ...
Marengoni, Alessandra +9 more
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Objective This study, based on the China Hainan Centenarians Cohort Study (CHCCS), aims to comprehensively describe the characteristic of daytime, night and total sleep duration, sleep quality and different sleep mode of Hainan centenarians and their ...
Shanshan Yang +9 more
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Quality of life and well-being in Colombian centenarians
The study of quality of life (QoL) and subjective well-being in relation to extreme longevity has important implications for developing public health policies that promote healthy aging.
Juan-Manuel Anaya +4 more
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FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY AND LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CENTENARIANS OF FLORIANÓPOLIS, BRAZIL
This study aimed to compare the level of physical activity and functional capacity of centenarians from Florianopolis, Brazil. To measure the level of physical activity and functional capacity, pedometer and the Katz scale, respectively, were used. Study
Inês Amanda Streit +3 more
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