ISSN:0304-324X    

DOI:10.1159/000213719

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger

摘要:

In a prospective study, incidences of hip fractures among the aged in urban and rural populations were compared in two health care regions in Finland in 1989. Both the administrative and the more informative functional classification of the municipalities were used. During 1989, a total of 366 patients, aged 55 years and above, who had a permanent place of domicile in either one of the two health care regions, were treated for a fresh hip fracture. In both regions women sustained 80% of the fractures. No significant differences were found in the incidences of hip fractures between the urban and rural populations. However, a significant difference was found in the mean incidence between the towns of the two health care regions (t = 4. 228, d.f. = 6, p < 0.01).

ISSN:0304-324X    

DOI:10.1159/000213660

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger

摘要:

Objective: To determine the status of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and other measures of immunity and inflammation in chronic heart failure (CHF) in the elderly. Design: Comparative survey study of subjects with heart failure and age-matched controls. Settings: University affiliated tertiary care VA Medical Center, Heart Failure Clinic. Patients: Twenty men with New York Class II and III heart failure and 17 age-matched controls. Interventions: None. Main outcome measure: Levels of lymphocyte mitogenesis, TNF, natural killer (NK) cell activity, elastase-α1-antitrypsin (E/α) and cross-linked fibrin D-dimers (XDP). Results: TNF levels (p = 0.27), NK activity (p = 0.56), and lymphocyte mitogenesis (p = 0.67) were similar in patients and controls. E/α levels were somewhat lower in CHF patients (p = 0.05) and XDP were similar (p = 0.59). However, TNF levels were significantly related to NK activity and to E/α activity in elderly men with heart failure but not controls. XDP were positively related to NK in heart failure patients but not controls. Conclusion: TNF and other measures of immune function and inflammation do not appear to be significantly elevated in elderly patients with heart failure of moderate severity. However, significant relationships exist between TNF, NK activity, XDP and E/α in the heart failure patients only, suggesting that immune activation and subclinical inflammation does exist in these patients.

ISSN:0304-324X    

DOI:10.1159/000213661

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger

摘要:

The purpose of this study was to assess an elderly population’s (60–80 years old) attitudes toward health prevention and lifestyle change with a particular emphasis on cholesterol screening and management. A free cholesterol screen was offered to participants in exchange for completion of a 21-item questionnaire (including medical history, risk factors, attitudes on preventive health, eating patterns and demographic information). This study provides evidence for increasing awareness of elevated cholesterol levels as a risk factor for coronary heart disease. It also demonstrates that there is an attitude of willingness to modify dietary cholesterol and fat intake within this mobile elderly populat

ISSN:0304-324X    

DOI:10.1159/000213662

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger

ISSN:0304-324X    

DOI:10.1159/000213663

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger

ISSN:0304-324X    

DOI:10.1159/000213715

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger