This study aimed to compare adherence dietary guidelines between elderly and non-elderly individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Korea. Data of 4,577 participants T2DM were collected from the 1998-2015 Korea National Health Nutrition Examination Surveys. The classified into two groups based on age: group comprising aged 30-64 years ≥ 65 years. Adherence was assessed using Korean Dia...

BACKGROUND Adjustments in zinc losses and absorption are thought to maintain zinc homeostasis with changes in intake, but the capacity to make these adjustments appears to be affected by aging. Zinc status of the individual may also influence adjustments in fractional zinc absorption. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of changes in zinc status due to zinc suppleme...

PURPOSE This study aimed to examine the relationship between depressive mood and physical and socio-environmental variables of community-dwelling elderly. METHODS This study was designed as a cross-sectional descriptive survey. The setting was two elderly welfare centers and two public health centers in Korea. The subjects were recruited by public announcement and participated after giving th...

BACKGROUND The proportion of elderly people in the population is growing, and Korea has one of the fastest growing populations among the world's major regions. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of physical activity on the health and quality of life of elderly Korean people. METHODS A nationally representative sample of 2,853 elderly Korean people (1,239 males and 1,614 fe...

The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to analyze the factors that affect endocrine disorders in the Korean elderly. The data were taken from the A Study of the Seoul Welfare Panel Study 2010. The subjects were 2111 people (879 males, 1,232 females) aged 60 and older living in the community. The dependent variable was defined as the prevalence of endocrine disorders. The explanatory v...

Recently, the geriatric population in Korea has grown to comprise approximately 10% of the total population, and anemia has become a significant problem among elderly patients. Many elderly patients have anemia due to nutritional deficiency, chronic inflammation, or comorbid diseases; however, in a significant fraction of the patients with anemia, the cause remains obscure. Anemia of any degree...

This study aims to understand the role of grit in Korean elderly suicide ideation. The subjects of this study are male and female elderly over 65 living in a local community. Main result is that if they had low grit when they had high depression, their suicidal ideation was high, but if they had high grit, their suicidal ideation significantly decreased.

OBJECTIVE The appropriate selection of elderly patients for revascularization has become increasingly important because these subsets of patients are more likely to experience a major cardiac or cerebrovascular event-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The objective of this study was to determine important independent risk factor for predicting clinical outcomes in the elderly patients af...

BACKGROUND Frailty is related to adverse outcomes in the elderly. However, current status and clinical significance of frailty have not been evaluated for the Korean elderly population. We aimed to investigate the usefulness of established frailty criteria for community-dwelling Korean elderly. We also tried to develop and validate a new frailty index based on a multidimensional model. METHOD...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the risk of severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions (SCAR) after exposure to multi-indication antiepileptic drugs for in Korean elderly patients. METHODS We used a nationwide database from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service claims constructed for the monitoring of drug utilization among the entire Korean elderly population from January 2005 to June...