Morbidity and comorbidity in relation to functional status: a community-based study of the oldest old (90+ years)

Article Abstract:

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.

Statistical Data Included, Research, Diseases, Demographic aspects, Aged women, Elderly women, Disability, Disabilities, Activities of daily living, Aged men, Elderly men, Medical statistics

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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.

Aged, Elderly, Prognosis

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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.

Hypertension, Risk factors, Physiological aspects, Alzheimer's disease

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