A high diagnostic rate in older patients attending an integrated syncope clinic

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Patients attending an integrated syncope clinic were found to have a high diagnostic rate. The study describes finding in the first year of an integrated syncope clinic for older patients and to review the published literature on integrated syncope clinics investigating older people. Results of testing in 76 persons over the age of 60 were available for analysis and a diagnosis was achieved in 67 of them, 76% being cardiovascular. The other diagnoses were neurocardiogenic, 32%, and carotid sinus syndrome, 17%.

United Kingdom, Fainting

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Misclassification of high-risk older subjects using waist action levels established for young and middle-aged adults - results from the Rotterdam Study

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Suggested cutoff points for waist circumference are only useful to a limited extend for identifying subjects with overweight and obesity and/or central fat distribution in an older population. This is mainly because of increased central distribution of fat as age increases. Waist action levels established for young and middle-aged adults are not very useful in diagnosis. Conclusions are based on results from the Rotterdam Study, a population-based cohort study involving 6,423 people older than 54

Netherlands, Statistical Data Included, Usage, Diagnosis, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Obesity, Identification and classification, Anthropometry, Somatotypes

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Dose-response relationship of physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk

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Physicians should encourage their elderly patients to get regular exercise, even vigorous exercise if the patient is willing. Data from the Runners' Health Study found that there was a dose-response relationship between physical activity and a lowered risk of heart disease. Many of the runners in the study are elderly, indicating that this benefit extends to this age group. Moderate-intensity exercise is also beneficial for those patients who cannot undertake vigorous activity.

Editorial, Exercise, Exercise for the aged

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