...Ethan J. Cannon; Jeffrey R. Misialek; Leo F. Buckley; Iman A.F. Aboelsaad; Christie M. Ballantyne; John Leister; James S. Pankow; Pamela L. Lutsey Introduction: Anemia is a risk factor for all-cause mortality in older adults. Iron deficiency may also be associated with adverse outcomes, independent...

...Avraham Weiss; Yichayaou Beloosesky; Rachel Gingold-Belfer; Yaara Leibovici-Weissman; Yochai Levy; Farhan Mulla; Nidal Issa; Doron Boltin; Nira Koren-Morag; Joseph Meyerovitch; Eran Sharon; Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss Introduction: The association of anemia with dementia in elders is controversial. We...

...Mingquan Li; Xiaoyun Liu; Liumin Wang; Lei Shu; Liqin Luan; Jingjing Yin; Jiudan Zhang; Qing Wang; Yanli Zhang; Tiantian Xie; Ling Liu; Tongchao Geng Introduction: Anemia is a common condition encountered in acute ischemic stroke, and only a few pieces of evidence has been produced suggesting its...

... in the normal aging process, which is of particular interest with respect to age-related anemia, is not well understood. Objective: We have analyzed the relationship between relative leukocyte telomere length (rLTL) and several hematological parameters in the older group of the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II...

...Y. Matzner; S. Levy; N. Grossowicz; G. Izak; C. Hershko The prevalence and causes of anemia have been studied in 104 patients over 60 years of age admitted to a general medical ward in Jerusalem. In males and females, mean hemoglobin levels were about 1 g less than in the corresponding groups...

...C. Hershko; S. Levy; Y. Matzner; N. Grossowicz; G. Izak The prevalence and causes of anemia in the elderly have been studied in 142 individuals aged 60-99 in a small rural community in which a high prevalence of nutritional anemia in pregnancy and childhood has been previously shown. The mean...

...Luis M. Vilá; María J. Molina Still’s disease is very rare in elderly patients. We report a case of Still’s disease in an elderly patient that had an atypical initial presentation. A 76-year-old woman developed unexplained chronic anemia and thrombocytosis. Three years later she had acute onset...