To investigate the relationship between folate status and dietary folate intake in the Taiwanese elderly, we analyzed plasma folate levels and dietary folate intake in 725 males and 705 females aged 65-90 years, sampled from the Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000) (Elderly NAHSIT). Results showed that the mean plasma folate levels were 22.9+/-1.4 nmol/L (10.1+/-0.6 ng/ml) ...

BACKGROUND Trends in cancer mortality for the elderly have long been unfavourable. MATERIALS AND METHODS Mortality from 12 major cancer sites, plus total cancer mortality at age 65-84 in 23 European countries, the US and Japan was analyzed. RESULTS Between the late 1980s and the late 1990s total cancer mortality at age 65 to 84 has been declining in the European Union (UE) (-5.5% in males, ...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the heterogeneous effects demographic factors on healthcare utilisation. two-stage residual inclusion (2SRI) strategy was utilised in study address endogeneity problem. discovered significant differences utilisation services based age distribution and gender after decomposing data. Based disaggregated data, considerable use services. According subsample a...

abstract         in the increasing population of the elderly in iran, so far no prospective health studies have been undertaken.   this study was conducted to identify the risk factors of survival time of the elderly of ages above 60 years. material and methods: individuals above 60 years old were recruited in the primary phase of the tehran lipid and glucose study (tlgs) during 1998-2001. they...

The purpose of this study was to perform biochemical assessments of the nutritional status of thiamin and riboflavin in the 2379 elderly persons (1213 males, 1166 females) participating in the Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000) (Elderly NAHSIT). Through analysis of the data we aimed to investigate possible factors related to the prevalence of vitamin deficiency. Activity ...

Falling is a leading cause of severe injuries among the elderly, such as hip fracture. This study examined the regional and sex differences in fall-related physical fitness of the elderly between Seoul, Korea and Gifu, Japan. The study included 87 elderly residents of Seoul (mean age 75.4 years; 21 males and 66 females) and 91 elderly residents of Gifu (mean age 71.9 years; 17 males and 74 fema...

This study examined gender variations in self reported quality of life among randomly selected elderly populations in selected Yoruba communities in three local government areas of Osun State Nigeria. Data was generated through cross-sectional survey of 947 elderly population aged 60 years and above. Two internationally tested instruments were used to assess quality of life status among the res...

Rectal mucosa is relatively susceptible to pathological processes and frequently it is affected by various diseases. However, there is a notable lack of quantitative data regarding normal rectal mucosa, which would provide a reference for histoquantitative studies of the pathologically changed tissue. Therefore, we obtained the tissue from 27 healthy patients subjected to diagnostic rectoscopy ...