Morbidity and comorbidity in relation to functional status: a community-based study of the oldest old (90+ years)
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A community-based survey of the oldest old (90+ years and numbering 698 at the study start) has been carried out to describe health and functional status and to see what effects gender has. It was found that a great proportion of nonagenarians are functionally independent and that more study is needed to clarify the excess of disability seen in the females.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2000
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Prognostic factors in very old demented adults: a seven-year follow-up from a population-based survey in Stockholm
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Several characteristics appear to predict mortality in elderly patients with dementia. In a study of all people 75 years and older in a district in Stockholm, Sweden, 223 had been diagnosed with dementia. Older age, male gender, little education, comorbidity and functional dependence predicted shorter 7-year survival rates. Those with Alzheimer's disease had a greater cognitive decline compared to those with other types of dementia.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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Low blood pressure and incidence of dementia in a very old sample: dependent on initial cognition
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In a very old sample it was found that low blood pressure may be an early correlate of a dementing process, but a causative effect is still a possibility. A population-based prospective study has been carried out in Sweden in 304 undemented subjects 75-96 years old to determine whether initially low blood pressure is related to dementia incidence. Low blood pressure is related to poor cognitive performance in the very elderly, based on cross-sectional observations.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1999
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