Is experience as a prisoner of war a risk factor for accelerated age-related illness and disability?
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Former prisoners of war (POWs) may have similar rates of chronic disease in old age as contemporaries who were not interred during World War II. Aging Australian POWs did not show major evidence of stress-induced disease and disability attributable to their 42-month prison camp experience. The 101 ex-POWs reported more symptoms, had more medical diagnoses, and took more medications than the 107 non-POWs. Prolonged imprisonment may have played a part in a problematic aging process rather than in a specific disease.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1999
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Atrial natriuretic peptide and the development of congestive heart failure in the oldest: a seven-year prospective study
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Congestive heart failure (CHF) in the very old seems to be associated with high atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) levels. Researchers found that 32% of 256 frail very old people with no prior history of CHF had developed CHF within seven years. The ANP values averaged 95 pmol/L in the CHF group versus 60 pmol/L in the group without CHF. ANP concentrations may be a useful pre-diagnostic marker for CHF.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1999
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Age-related changes in the flash electroretinogram and oscillatory potentials in individuals age 75 and older
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Research indicates that advancing age has a detrimental effect on oscillatory potentials and flash electroretinogram performances, which test the retina's inner plexiform layer. Data were obtained from subjects between 20 and 32 years of age and between 75 and 88 years of age.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2001
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