..., where high or increasing levels of fat are associated with the risk of becoming more frail earlier, but where a longer duration of frailty may increase the risk of faster age-related changes to body composition. Frailty Body composition Fat mass Lean mass Longitudinal study Frailty...

...) is associated with inflammation, oxidative stress, insulin resistance, and mitochondrial dysfunction, which are possible pathogeneses of frailty. However, few longitudinal studies have investigated the association between GDF15 and the incidence of frailty. Therefore, we investigated whether high serum GDF15...

... psychological distress and global cognitive decline among cognitively healthy older adults (67+ years of age at baseline). Methods: A total of 1,272 cognitively intact older adults ( M age = 74.1 ± 4.1 years, 51.9% female) in the Quebec Longitudinal Study on Nutrition and Successful Aging (NuAge) completed...

... adults and compare results across studies. Methods: We applied an integrated data analysis approach to 16,858 participants (mean age 65 years; 56% female) from the National Survey for Health and Development (NSHD), the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA), the Swedish National Study on Aging...

... Lifestyle Activity Cognition “Use it or lose it” Longitudinal study Delaying or reducing cognitive decline may be best characterized by framing environmental influences as marginal gains [ 1 ], where modifiable factors have small individual effects on a person’s cognitive performance...

... Longitudinal study Sex In 2016, in the Netherlands, the number of women who died with dementia was twice the number of men who died with dementia [1]. Also, the prevalence of dementia is almost twice as high in older women than in men of the same age [2]. Dementia is usually preceded by a long period...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Neurological gait disorder Falls Population-based Gait tests Longitudinal study Gait disorders (GDs) and falls are a common and relevant problem in the general...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Latent class mixed models Subpopulations Differential ageing Longitudinal study Older adults Frailty is characterized by an increased vulnerability to external...

... years and older at baseline. Our hypothesis was that older adults with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes would have a greater decline in muscle strength than people with normal glucose metabolism. Longitudinal study Muscle functions Ageing Chronic condition Type 2 diabetes...

... studies based on panel regression models are required to confirm our findings. Frailty Depression Dementia Oldest old Longitudinal study Chronic conditions Chronic illness Comorbidity Physical illness According to the Medline Medical Subject Heading, “frail elderly” can be defined...

...). Present analyses were based on 897 participants with data on TMT parts A and B, the outcome variables in the present study. Mean age of these respondents in W1 was 74.33 years (SD = 6.50, range -65–96). Reflecting the longitudinal study design, our sample only contained survivors. 1 Compared to all...

... to ageing increase the risk of the onset or progression of frailty. Method: Participants were 3,505 men and women aged 60 years and over from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. They completed a 12-item questionnaire on attitudes to ageing. Exploratory factor analysis was used to examine the structure...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Longitudinal study Cohort Aging Oldest old Unprecedented changes in the demography of aging are occurring worldwide, and as life...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Drosophila melanogaster Locomotor activity Circadian rhythm Behavior Longitudinal study Gerontology 30: 79-86 (1984) © 1984 S. Karger AG, Basel 0304-324X/84/0302...

...Tatsuro Ishizaki; Hideyo Yoshida; Takao Suzuki; Hiroshi Shibata Background: Although previous longitudinal studies reported that changes in self-rated health (SRH) status were not explained by aging of population, they do not adequately adjust for potential confounding factors of SRH status...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Diet Mortality Longitudinal study Clinical Section Gerontology 2008;54:232 237 DOI: 10.1159/000135069 Received: November 30, 2007 Accepted: February 27, 2008 Published...

... Alzheimer s disease W Vascular dementia W Mortality W Longitudinal study W Japan prevention and early detection of those conditions are important in the medical care and treatment of dementia cases. Copyright © 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel Abstract Background: Although dementia is rarely listed on death...

... and Promotion Center, and cThird Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Hiroshima, Japan Key Words Basic activities of daily living W Instrumental activities of daily living W Incidence of disability W Dementia W Longitudinal study W Japan Abstract Background: Prospective...

.... Cognitive change Grip Sensory disability Longitudinal study Behavioural Science Section Gerontology 2000;46:276 292 Received: September 10, 1999 Accepted: January 31, 2000 Are Changes in Sensory Disability, Reaction Time, and Grip Strength Associated with Changes in Memory and Crystallized...