Gain in brain immunity in the oldest-old differentiates cognitively normal from demented individuals. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BACKGROUND:Recent findings suggest that Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathological features (neuritic plaques and NFTs) are not strongly associated with dementia in extreme old (over 90 years of age) and compel a search for neurobiological indices of ...
Pavel Katsel +2 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2020 Background There is still a lack of systematic investigation of comprehensive contextual factors of subjective well-being (SWB) among Chinese oldest-old.
Gang Cheng, Yan Yan
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Deriving prevalence estimates of depressive symptoms throughout middle and old age in those living in the community [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: There is considerable debate about the prevalence of depression in old age. Epidemiological surveys and clinical studies indicate mixed evidence for the association between depression and increasing age. We examined the prevalence of probable
Anstey, Kaarin +5 more
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Body mass index and 12-year mortality among older Mexican Americans aged 75 years and older
BMC Geriatrics, 2022 Background The role of obesity in mortality in the very old and old-oldest Hispanic population has not been studied. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of body mass index (BMI) on 12-year mortality among older Mexican Americans aged 75
Reshma Jadhav +2 more
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Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Oldest-Old in China
The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 2020 Objectives The oldest old population has become the fastest growing segment with excess need of care and social support, it is crucial to improve the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of these populations.
C. Chen +8 more
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MedComm, 2023 Dyslipidemia and cognitive impairment are common among old adults and the occurrence of them rises exponentially with increasing age. Evidences of the relationships between serum lipids and cognitive impairment are inconsistent or equivocal among older ...
Yujian Chen +7 more
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The Multinomial Regression Modeling of the Cause-of-Death Mortality of the Oldest Old in the U.S. [PDF]
, 2008 The statistical modeling of the causes of death of the oldest old (persons aged 80 and over) in the U.S. in 2001 was conducted in this article. Data were analyzed using a multinomial logistic regression model (MNLM) because multiple causes of death are ...
Min, Hosik, Poston, Dudley L., Jr.
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The Old and the Oldest-old: Do They Have Different Perspectives on Adjustment to Aging?
International Journal of Gerontology, 2015 Background: Older adults experience varying challenges in old age. This study aims to explore the indicators of adjustment to aging (AtA) and to examine the potential explanatory mechanisms of a correlational model for AtA for the old and oldest-old ...
Sofia von Humboldt, Isabel Leal
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BK Lyncis: The Oldest Old Nova?... And a Bellwether for Cataclysmic-Variable Evolution [PDF]
, 2012 We summarize the results of a 20-year campaign to study the light curves of BK Lyncis, a nova-like star strangely located below the 2-3 hour orbital period gap in the family of cataclysmic variables.
Boyd, David +23 more
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Prevalence of Sarcopenia in Very Old Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Hospitalized Patients
DiabetologyBackground/Objectives: The prevalence of diabetes in very old people is rising sharply worldwide, due not only to obesity, nutritional and sedentary lifestyles, but also to aging per se.
Sandra De Breucker +7 more
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