BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Spirulina, a blue-green alga, is widely produced and commercialized as a dietary supplement with bio- and immune-modulatory functions. We have previously shown that spirulina had favorable effects on lipid profiles, immune functions, and antioxidant capacity in healthy Korean elderly. Despite favorable effect of spirulina supplementation, some sub-populations have shown a ...

Objectives: The present study was performed to investigate the effect of voice problems on related quality life in elderly with, without disorders, according genders by using Aging Voice Index-Korean version (AVI-KR).Methods: AVI-KR, a translated original Index (AVI) into Korean and verified for reliability validity, implemented with 50 people disorders (normal group) 76 (patient group). Statis...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine test-retest reliability and validity the adaptive Korean matrix sentence-in-noise test for elderly group with normal hearing (ENH) impairment (EHI).Methods: Twenty ENH listeners 20 EHI based on World Health Organization (WHO)-proposed hearing-impairment grade participated. For test, each subject assessed twice in a 2-week interval using three types ...

The aim of this study was to determine the morphologic characteristics lingual foramen and lateral using cone-beam CT in elderly Korean. Cone-beam images were obtained from 80 Korean older than 50 years (mean age, 65.2 years). prevalence foramina at aspect mandible determined. diameter height upper margin mandibular inferior margin, bone alveolar crest measured. In addition, location foramen, d...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the perceived physical health status of Korean adolescents, adults, and elderly adults and their frequency, intensity, time, and duration of exercise. In 2012, 1,144 adolescents (under 18 years old), 6,474 adults (19-64 years old), and 1,382 elderly adults (over 65 years old) participated in the Korean Survey on Citizens' Sports ...

Background We sought to develop a novel index based on the skeletal muscle mass that reflects the change of quality of life (QOL), and is the most appropriate index for the body composition of the elderly in Korea. Whether lower extremity skeletal muscle mass index (LESMI) is an appropriate novel new index to diagnose patients with sarcopenia was also evaluated. A cut-off value for each index w...

This study aimed at presenting what factors are to predict the social isolation of the elderly as an element to prevent the problem of why various matters related to old people are inevitably taking place by carefully examining the meaning of social isolation and the conditions of social isolation that the South Korean senior citizens go through after working on previous studies. This section d...

AIM We examined whether glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is associated to carotid atherosclerosis in an elderly Korean population with normal fasting glucose. METHODS Using data from the Korean Urban Rural Elderly study, we conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 1,133 participants (335 men and 798 women) with a mean age of 71.8 years. All participants had fasting blood glucose less than 100mg/dL...

Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and type 2 diabetes including undiagnosed isolated postchallenge hyperglycemia (IPH) are common in the elderly. The aim of this study was to investigate the insulin secretion and sensitivity in Korean elderly lean diabetic women. Forty-one lean women aged 65-88 years took 2 hr oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and were stratified according to the WHO criteria (...