Association of a novel nutritional index with cognitive impairment in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: a cross-sectional analysis from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study by Guotao Liu, Jianyuan Zhang

“…PurposeThe triglyceride-cholesterol-body weight index (TCBI), a novel and easily computable nutritional index, incorporates serum triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), and body weight (BW). This study explored the association between TCBI and cognitive impairment in middle-aged and elderly Chinese populations.Patients and methodsThis cross-sectional study employed data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) baseline survey, including 7,145 participants. …”
Get full text

Effects of physical multimorbidity on cognitive decline trajectories among adults aged 50 years and older with different wealth status: a 17-year population-based cohort study by Chen Chen, Shan Zhang, Ning Huang, Mingyu Zhang, JinXin Fu, Jing Guo

“…The study was conducted in 9035 respondents aged 50+ at baseline from nine waves (2002–2019) of the English Longitudinal Study of Aging. …”
Get full text

A Wild Bunch: Older “Funny Girls” and the Small Screen by Franziska Röber

Subjects: Get full text

The association of body roundness index and body mass index with frailty and all-cause mortality: a study from the population aged 40 and above in the United States by Jianqiang Zhang, Huifeng Zhang

Get full text

Serotype-specific serum immunoglobulin G at 18 months of age following one or two doses of a primary series of 10-valent or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and a booster dose at nine months of age: a randomized controlled study by Alane Izu, Eleanora Aml Mutsaerts, Courtney Olwagen, Lisa Jose, Anthonet Koen, Amit J Nana, Clare L. Cutland, Shabir A. Madhi

“…Background Due to high costs of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), transitioning from a two (2 + 1) to a single dose (1 + 1) primary series with a booster should be considered. This study evaluated the immune response at 18 months of age following a 1 + 1 compared to a 2 + 1 schedule of 10-valent (PCV10) and 13-valent (PCV13) vaccines.Research design and methods A single-center, open-label, randomized trial conducted in Soweto, South Africa, evaluated the immunogenicity of differing dosing schedule for PCV10 and PCV13. …”
Get full text

Advanced glycation end products and risk of mortality in patients with cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study by Mohsen Shaygan Tabar, Maryam Nilghaz, Azita Hekmatdoost, Fereshteh Pashayee-Khamene, Zeinab Mokhtari, Sara Karimi, Saleheh Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Saberifiroozi, Behzad Hatami, Zahra Yari

“…Abstract The role of diet in reducing the burden of liver disease and mortality attributed to cirrhosis is very imperative. The present study scrutinized the relationship between dietary advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and mortality in patients with cirrhosis. …”
Get full text

Challenges of Older Adults in India: A Qualitative Study of Institutional Care, Preferences and Government Initiatives by K Annapuranam

“… This qualitative study examines the challenges of older adults in India, with a special focus on their preference for institutional care over familial support. …”
Get full text

Triglyceride-glucose index in predicting the risk of new-onset diabetes in the general population aged 45 years and older: a national prospective cohort study by Yingqi Shan, Qingyang Liu, Tianshu Gao

Subjects: Get full text

Factors associated with malnutrition in demented and non-demented elderly residing in the community of Korea: a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study by Jinhee Kwon, Jung Hee Kim, Hyeonjin Jeong, Jung Suk Lee

Get full text

Relationships between muscle strength, lung function, and cognitive function in Chinese middle-aged and older adults: A study based on the China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS) by Yixuan Ma, Xinze Wu, Yinjiao Zhao, Weihao Hong, Yisheng Luan, Peiyu Song, Bing Zhang

“…Methods: This study used data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) wave 3, including 13 716 participants aged 45 years or older. …”
Get full text

The association of genetic polymorphisms in interleukin-1 receptors type 1 and type 2 with age-related hearing impairment in a Taiwanese population: a case control study by Ning-Chia Chang, Hua-Ling Yang, Chia-Yen Dai, Wen-Yi Lin, Hsun-Mo Wang, Chen-Yu Chien, Kuen-Yao Ho

“…Abstract Background Age-related hearing impairment (ARHI) is a major disability among the elder population. …”
Get full text

A case for characterizing declarative memory commission errors in healthy aging by Ariana Popoviciu, Lauren L. Richmond

“…At the same time, there tends to be much less attention paid to characterizing errors of commission, such as reporting non-studied items at test. Importantly, older adults are known to make both types of errors in declarative memory tasks more often than young adults. …”
Get full text

Gender Differences in Age-Related Changes in Cardiac Autonomic Nervous Function by Shailaja Moodithaya, Sandhya T. Avadhany

“…Not many studies have explored the influence of gender on age-related changes in cardiac autonomic regulation. …”
Get full text

Association of age at menopause with type 2 diabetes mellitus in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Faezeh Zakerinasab, Taif Haiham Al Saraireh, Amirhesam Amirbeik, Rasoul Hossein Zadeh, Fariba Arbab Mojeni, Qumars Behfar

“…The combined analysis of 17 studies demonstrated a significant association between menopausal age and risk of T2DM. …”
Get full text

‘Shift’ Adaptation and a New Croatian Standard for Haavikko Developmental Stages’ Timing by Ivan Bedek, Jelena Dumančić, Tomislav Lauc, Miljenko Marušić, Ivana Čuković-Bagić

“…Drawing upon a previously published study of the Croatian population, a simple adaptation named ‘shift’ was introduced to the Haavikko method by adding the average difference between chronological and dental age to the estimated dental age. …”
Get full text

Age-Dependent Differences in Systemic and Cell-Autonomous Immunity to L. monocytogenes by Ashley M. Sherrid, Tobias R. Kollmann

“…The systemic immune response to Listeria monocytogenes has been studied extensively in murine models; however, the clinical applicability of these findings to the human newborn remains incompletely understood. …”
Get full text

The Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection Decreases with Older Age in Atrophic Gastritis by Shaohua Chen, Lixiong Ying, Mei Kong, Yu Zhang, Youming Li

“…The clinical pathological characteristics of 3969 adult patients with chronic atrophic gastritis were retrospectively studied. The positivity of intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia in atrophic gastric specimens increased with age; however, H. pylori positivity and inflammatory activity decreased significantly with increased age. …”
Get full text

A Critique on Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age by Salman Sadeghizadeh

“…Castells refers to this model to analyze the movements in the age of information and reconsider the events in Iceland, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Spain, and the U.S. by applying the mentioned model. …”
Get full text

Chosen Vascular Risk Markers in Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome: An Age-Related Disorder by Hanna Lesiewska, Agnieszka Łukaszewska-Smyk, Grażyna Odrowąż-Sypniewska, Magdalena Krintus, Aneta Mańkowska-Cyl, Grażyna Malukiewicz

Get full text

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Allograft Reconstruction Outcome Independent of Patient’s Age by Parimal Rana, Jane Brennan, Anagh Astavans, Sneha Kuppireddy, Christina Morganti, Benjamin M Petre, Andrea Johnson, Justin J Turcotte, Daniel Redziniak

“…This study aims to investigate the relationship between age and allograft failure rates in ACLR. …”
Get full text