and cancer mortality in elderly individuals

... women and men In women, the very recent increase in breast cancer mortality plus the long-term increase in the lung cancer mortality could help explain the turning point observed in the cancer mortality ... being increasingly delayed, clearly affecting mostly the elderly population Interpreting trends in cancer mortality rates can be challenging, because they reflect trends in several common cancers ... variation in mortality and to identify points of significant change in the log-linear slope of the trend (joinpoints) [14] The analysis starts with the minimum number of joinpoints (no joinpoints...

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... (40,41) In conclusion, findings in this study are in agreement with numerous studies examining the relationship between BMI and mortality in elderly people The fact that mortality risk increased ... protein intake was above the recommended levels (Table 3) How high protein and amino acid intake levels should be to maintain optimal muscle-mass in frail elderly, remains an open question (36) and ... associated with an increase in care level, hospitalization in the previous year, prevalence of dementia, poor appetite, eating dependency, nausea and vomiting, and chewing and swallowing problems Most...

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... proportional random selection of primary and secondary sampling units (towns and sections, respectively), with the final units (individuals) being selected by means of random routes and sex- and age-based ... 2001, 2003, and 2006 The SNHS is an ongoing, home-based personal interview examining a national representative sample of non-institutionalized population residing in main family dwellings (households) ... Spain and is mainly performed by the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs and the National Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional Estadística-INE) The SNHS uses a multistage cluster sampling,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... In the process of selection using AIC, trend, day of week and several sine and cosine terms are excluded from the model with minimum AIC = 1298.022 Since inclusion of the above variables as independent ... on mortality and exposure Mortality data was collected from records of the leading hospitals within Kathmandu valley Some small scale nursing homes and hospitals were left out since major and ... was associated with increase in 1.2% for single day lag and 1.5% for lagged days mean Similarly, cardiovascular mortality increased from 0.5% to 1.9% and respiratory mortality increased from 1%...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20

... collected and utilized print and web documents from the Indian government, including the CPCB, the Department of Road Transport and Highways, the Ministry of Environment and Forests, and several Indian ... frequently mandated by the NRCP had mandated cost sharing at various points in time.29 State and local bodies have been accused of financial mismanagement, including diversion, underutilization, and incorrect ... concentrations are exceedingly high in many developing countries and they impose substantial health costs, including shortened lives (Chen, Ebenstein, Greenstone, and Li 2011) Thus, understanding the most...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... 100 000 individuals for cardiac failure in influenzavaccinated and influenza- and pneumococcal- vaccinated individuals compared with the unvaccinated cohort Influenza vaccinated Influenza and pneumococcal ... Proportion of vaccinated individuals in different age groups, 2003–2005 in Uppsala County Individuals no Age groups 2003 2004 2005 Influenza vaccinated % Influenza- and pneumococcal vaccinated % ≥ 65 ... The influenza vaccination rate increased during the 3-year study period and was highest in the age group 80 years and older The incidence of hospital admissions and of in- hospital stay for influenza...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... Tessandori R, Tumino R, Piselli P, Dal Maso L: Cancer incidence in people with AIDS in Italy Int J Cancer 2010 Gingues S, Gill MJ: The impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on the incidence ... one month Chemotherapeutic agents used included bleomycin, vinblastine, vincristine, etoposide, cyclophosamide, adriamyacin and prednisone There were no standard chemotherapeutic regimens; some ... very limited, KS mortality remains high [12] In this study, we describe disease characteristics and risk factors for mortality in patients with AIDS-KS in a routine HIV programme in South Africa...

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... resulted in a continuous influx of people, growing land use changes, and fragmentation of lands Since the 1990s pastoral lands have increasingly been fenced and converted to other land uses, ... Characterization in terms of climate, land tenure, land use, and main vegetation types within the specific study areas C, cropland; G, grassland; S, shrubland; U, urban areas; WB, woodland and bushland; ... small ruminants in Africa INRA Production Animales 10(1):99–110 Behnke, RHJ 2008 The Drivers of Fragmentation in Arid and Semi-Arid Landscapes In Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes:...

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... and the planting bed harrowed in the spring of 1983, before planting the cuttings Six individual plots of 400 cuttings, 30 cm long and 1-2 cm in diameter, were planted through plastic mulch in ... coppicing trees with an extremely disturbing biannual cycle The results clearly showed a decrease in biomass production and an increase in stool mortality in the biannual coppicing treatment on In ... significantly larger numbers of dominants than those in the annual treatment, both in summer and in winter The larger number of dominants in the biannual coppice than in the annual coppice can be attributed...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:22

... [25,26] Both increased insulin secretion and insulin resistance result from obesity, and hyperglycemia and insulin resistance are the hallmarks of diabetes Hyperglycemia has been shown to increase ... failure It brings up a new perspective on this still controversial subject of obesity, critical illness, and mortality In addition, our findings did not confirm increased mortality in overweight ... clinical examination, BMI measurement, and pulmonary function testing, and provided information on their medical and smoking history and educational background The study was approved by institutional...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... associated with increased hospital mortality This finding extends our understanding of the reference range by emphasizing the role of the duration of lactate derangement in predicting increased risk ... range and mortality was not being biased by patients who had individual lactate concentrations above mmol.L-1 while in the ICU, we then examined the association between LacTW and mortality in the ... clinically relevant findings Limita- tions of the study include the fact that it is retrospective in design and thus potentially subject to systematic error and bias However, all the clinical and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... kidney injury • In the ICU, urinary cystatin C is independently diagnostic of sepsis • In the ICU, urinary cystatin C predicts AKI in the presence of sepsis • In the ICU, urinary cystatin C predicts ... median (interquartile range) AKI, acute kidney injury on admission to intensive care; uCysC, urinary cystatin C; uCr, urinary creatinine; pCysC, plasma cystatin C; pCr, plasma creatinine; WBC, ... defined by using the AKIN (Acute Kidney Injury Network) criterion: an absolute increase in plasma creatinine (pCr) above baseline of at least 0.3 mg/dL (26.4 μmol/L) or a percentage increase in...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... all-cause mortality in individuals with and without cardiovascular disease [24] Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi)/ angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) and beta-blockers build the mainstay ... co-morbidities found in our patients including history of CAD in 38%, history of CHF in 27%, arterial hypertension in 53% and COPD in 39% and the positive effect of betablocker therapy in these different ... data describing mortality in ICU patients admitted for acute respiratory failure indifferent to underlying etiology are rare In the present study, inhospital mortality was 16% and 30-day mortality...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... for inflammation and bacterial infection in clinical routine, CRP and PCT reached AUC statistics of 0.524/0.531 and 0.545/0.550 In comparison with these biomarkers of organ dysfunction and inflammation, ... tissue invasion in malignant diseases by converting plasminogen into plasmin, resulting in degradation of extracellular matrix [1-4] Migration of inflammatory cells from the blood stream into tissues ... including markers of inflammation/infection (CRP, PCT), hepatic (albumin, international normalized ratio (INR)) and renal (creatinine) function at admission, suPAR remained an independent significant...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... cereals, legumes and other plant foods bind zinc and inhibit its absorption [41] Factors found mainly in plant foods including phosphorus, flavonoids, oxalates and soy protein can also inhibit iron ... adequate nutrient intake in each BMI category is depicted in Figure Overall, very few elderly had adequate energy and protein intake In obese and overweight categories, 100 and 84% of the elderly had ... reported for 64 and 22, and 47 and 17%, respectively Similarly, for minerals and vitamins, even lesser than 45% of the elderly in obese, overweight and underweight categories had an adequate intake of...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... living-instrumental activity of daily living (ADLIADL) without help e.g dressing, transferring from bed, toileting or taking bath, preparation of food, eating, shopping and walking Height and ... Although in bi-variate analysis no gender difference was detected in disability, yet in logistic regression analysis after eliminating the influence of other factors, risk of disability increased in ... Health of the elderly in a community in transition: a survey in Thiruvananthapuram City, Kerala, India Int J Aging Hum Dev 1997;44:293-315 Gupta HL, Yadav M, Sundarka MK, Talwar V, Saini M, Garg...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... models of non -cancer mortality In Set 4, models were cross-validated by using carcinogen discharges in non -cancer mortality models, and by using non-carcinogen discharges in cancer mortality models ... non-carcinogens having a stronger relationship with cancer mortality than carcinogens These regions, highlighted in red, are in the intermountain west and in parts of the Midwest extending to ... non -cancer mortality rates, and kidney disease mortality rates In Sets through below, carcinogen discharges were used in models of cancer mortality and non-carcinogen discharges were used in models...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 23:20

... Only invasive cancers were included in the incidence data, except in situ bladder cancers were included Incidence and Mortality Coding Beginning with the year 2001, the coding scheme for incident ... Childhood Cancer in New Jersey 1979-2002; and Cancer Survival in New Jersey 1979-1997 Our new interactive cancer data mapping application provides incidence and mortality counts and rates statewide and ... counts and rates, in situ cancers are not included except for bladder cancer in situ cases, which are included with invasive urinary bladder, urinary system and all sites Breast cancer in situ cases...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... HRQL burden in the following groups: 1) Individuals with comorbid diabetes and cancer compared to individuals with either condition alone, and 2) Individuals with comorbid diabetes and cancer compared ... reported being inactive and having less than a secondary education in the comorbid diabetes and cancer and the diabetes groups, compared to the cancer alone or the reference group Interestingly, ... present in almost one-half of all older individuals and is a condition associated with hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance and a predilection to type diabetes [13] It has been suggested that hyperinsulinemia...

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