Internal Medicine

Study findings from University of Athens broaden understanding of internal medicine

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 10th, 2010

Current study results from the report, 'Weight change in later life and risk of death amongst the elderly: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Elderly Network on Ageing and Health study,' have been published. "Later life weight change and mortality amongst elders. Nested case-control study," scientists in Athens, Greece report.

"Six countries from the European Investigation into Cancer and nutrition-Elderly, Network on Ageing and Health. A total of 1712 deceased (cases) and 4942 alive (controls) were selected from 34,239 participants, >or=60 years at enrolment (1992-2000) who were followed-up until March 2007. Annual weight change was...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-08-10)

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