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Renal reserve in the oldest old

International Urology and Nephrology, 2010
Decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is one of several changes in renal physiology in the elderly. Renal reserve (RR) is the kidney's capacity to increase its basal GFR by at least 20% after a protein overload. Even though it has already been reported that RR is preserved in healthy old people, there is no information whether RR is also ...
C G, Musso, J, Reynaldi, B, Martinez, A, Pierángelo, M, Vilas, L, Algranati   +5 more
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Robust Aging among the Young-Old, Old-Old, and Oldest-Old

The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 1995
This study defined and examined the interrelationships among four multicategory definitions of robust aging: productive involvement, affective status, functional status, and cognitive status. Data are from a sample of 1,644 adults aged 60 and older who participated in a nationwide household survey in 1986.
A J, Garfein, A R, Herzog
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Successful Aging among the Young-Old, Old-Old, and Oldest-Old Chinese

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2002
In this study, successful aging was defined by four dimensions including functional status, affective status, cognitive status, and productive involvement status. This study examined successful aging among Hong Kong Chinese old people in three different age cohorts: young-old, old-old, and oldest-old.
Chou, KL, Chi, I
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The Oldest Old

1992
Abstract Those aged 85 and over are currently the fastest growing age group in the U.S. population. This is so new a phenomenon that there is little in historical experience to help in interpreting it. Not only are the old living longer, but they are also growing older in markedly different ways from their predecessors.
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Treating Sarcopenia in Older and Oldest Old

Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2015
The presence of sarcopenia is not only rapidly rising in geriatric clinical practice and research, but is also becoming a significant concept in numerous medical specialties. This rapidly rising concept has encouraged the need to identify methods for treating sarcopenia.
Martone, Am, Lattanzio, F, Abbatecola, Am, Carpia, Dl, Tosato, M, Marzetti, E, Calvani, R, Onder, Graziano, Landi, F.   +8 more
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Introducing the Oldest Old

1992
Abstract This volume has had a long and deliberate maturation. It began, most immediately, with a session organized by Matilda White Riley and Richard Suzman for the May 1984 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. For the title of that session, they coined the term “oldest old,” a refinement of Bernice
Richard M Suzman, Kenneth G Manton, David P Willis   +2 more
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THE OLDEST-OLD: How Do They Differ from the Old-Old?

Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 2001
ABSTRACT This article reviews findings from the Berkeley Older Generation Study, a long-term longitudinal study of aging. The findings show many important differences between the oldest-old age group and other, younger-old individuals. Marked variation is demonstrated in the verbal scale of intelligence.
D, Field, S H, Gueldner
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Oldest-Old Healthy Brain Function

Archives of Neurology, 1997
There will be a remarkable increase in the number of people older than 85 years--the oldest-old--in the next 50 years. This age group is especially vulnerable to increasing disabilities, many of which are the result of the aging nervous system. Among these aging changes, the most devastating and likely to have the greatest impact on our society is the ...
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Oldest-Old Adults

2020
Qiao Wu, Danan Gu
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The role of lifestyle factors in cognitive health and dementia in oldest-old: A systematic review

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023
Lina Sun
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