BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease is common in older adults with end-stage renal disease who are undergoing regular dialysis, but little is known about the prevalence and extent of cardiovascular disease in children and young adults with end-stage renal disease. METHODS We used electron-beam computed tomography (CT) to screen for coronary-artery calcification in 39 young patients with end-sta...

Equilibrium disorders are frequent symptoms of aging, both on account of the so-called "multisensorial decay" and age-related diseases. Aim of the study was to evaluate the functional integrity of static-dynamic postural control related subsystems (visual, somatosensorial, vestibular), the fundamental postural strategies effected and adaptation to destabilizing inputs, in elderly subjects with ...

Forced expiratory and inspiratory vital capacities and the timed expiratory and inspiratory volumes and forced expiratory and inspiratory flow rates were determined in 50 old men and women between 60-80 years of age. Some of the ratios between expiratory and inspiratory volumes and flow-rates that have been found to be useful for detecting some forms of ventilatory defects are also given.

Context: A strength-endurance diagram predicts that a person should be able to perform 30 repetitions of an exercise if the resistance level is 60% of 1-repetition maximum (1RM). Objective: To compare the number of repetitions predicted by the diagram with recorded repetitions of a shoulder exercise. Design: Single-group comparison with a standard. Setting: University. Participants: 34 healthy ...

Sialic acid, oral glucose and plasma lipids were determined in 70 control subjects (age range 20-60) and 150 individuals of (age range 20-60) who were offspring of one type 2 diabetic parent. The number of first degree relatives who had impaired glucose tolerance were 50. The total sialic acid concentration was significantly higher (p<0.05) in the first degree relatives when compared to the con...

Forty-two cases of bacterial endocarditis with pathologic confirmation are reviewed. Infection was restricted to one or both left-sided valves in 31 cases, right-sided valves in five cases, and valves in both sides of the heart in six cases. In those specimens available for review, underlying valvular disease was identifiable in 24 of 38 cases (63%). The common underlying diseases, in order of ...

PURPOSE To assess alterations of retinal layers in healthy subjects over 60 years old. METHODS Retinal layers of 160 healthy subjects (aged 60-100 years) without any retinal pathology were imaged using spectral domain optical coherence tomography. Mean thickness of retinal nerve fiber layer, ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer (GCLIPL), inner nuclear layer, outer plexiform layer/outer nuclear...

Skin-targeted ultrasound is a noninvasive technique that has been extensively used to evaluate age-related dermal changes, and the presence of a subepidermal low-echogenic band (SLEB) has been related to chronic UVR exposure in several studies. Since SLEB echogenicity is photoage-related, the aim of this study was to evaluate, through ultrasound imaging, the effects on skin photoaging of mesoth...

Tooth loss may be a modifiable risk factor for dementia, but the causal relationship has not been evaluatedsufficiently. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between tooth loss and dementia on the Indonesian elder. The subjects consisted of 208 volunteers (36 males and 172 females) aged 60 years or older. The mini mental state examination (MMSE; score range: 0-30) is use...