Age and Aging
Data on age and aging published by Y. Onem and colleagues
Published in MD Week, March 19th, 2010
"The aim of this study is to produce the relation between cognitive and functional performance and some biochemical parameters in elderly population. So, we searched for the correlation between the activities of daily living (ADL), mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and body weight, age, hemoglobin, albumin, serum sodium level of 180 elderly people in five nursing homes," investigators in Istanbul, Turkey report.
"Face-to-face interviews and questionnaires were applied to evaluate ADL To evaluate the cognitive function we used the MMSE. The average age of 180 people contacted was 71.5 +/- 5.1 ( S.D.). ranging 65-91 years; 112 of them were women (62.2%),68 were men...
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Source: MD Week (2010-03-19)
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