Browsing by Subject "elderly"

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    • Association Between Functional Measures and Mortality in Older Persons 
      Bites, Ana Celia; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera, Gladys; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Leiva Balich, Laura; Maza Cave, María Pía de la (Elsevier, 2012-06-15)
      Background: Functional limitations may be a mortality risk among older people. The aim of this work is to determine if body composition and strength are risk factors related to mortality in older Chilean people. Methods: ...
    • Comparison of two modes of vitamin B12supplementation on neuroconduction and cognitive function among older ... 
      Sánchez, Hugo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Castillo, José; Verdugo Latorre, Renato; Lavados Montes, Manuel; Hertrampf, Eva; Brito, Alex; Allen, Lindsay; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (BioMed Central Ltd., 2011)
      Background: Older people have a high risk of vitamin B 12deficiency; this can lead to varying degrees of cognitive and neurological impairment. CBL deficiency may present as macrocytic anemia, subacute combined degeneration ...
    • Evaluation of the effectiveness of a chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) and linseed (Linum usitatissimum) ... 
      Morales-Bozo, Irene; Ortega Pinto, Ana; Rojas Alcayaga, Gonzalo; Aitken Saavedra, Juan P.; Salinas Flores, Olga; Lefimil Puente, Claudia; Lozano Moraga, Carla; Manríquez Urbina, José M.; Urzúa Orellana, Blanca (Blackwell Munksgaard, 2017)
      © 2016 John Wiley & Sons A/S and The Gerodontology Association. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of a chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) and linseed (Linum ...
    • Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease Are the Main Determinants of Functional Impairment in ... 
      Delgado, Carolina; Vergara, Rodrigo C.; Martínez, Melissa; Musa, Gada; Henríquez, Fernando; Slachevsky Chonchol, Andrea (IOS Press, 2019)
      © 2019 IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.Background: Neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive impairment are independent contributors of functional impairment in activities of daily living (ADL) in Alzheimer's ...
    • Prevalence of anemia in elderly subjects living at home: role of micronutrient deficiency and inflammation 
      Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Hertrampf, E.; Capurro Spadaro, María Teresa; Wegner, D. (2000-11)
      Objective: Aging is associated with increased risk of developing anemia and micronutrient deficiencies. Wheat-based staple foods are iron fortified in Chile. We aimed to establish the prevalence and etiology of anemia in ...
    • Relationship between sleep duration and obesity in Chilean elderly 
      Durán Aguero, Samuel; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo (2016)
      Nocturnal sleep patterns maybe a contributing factor for the epidemic of obesity. Epidemiologic and experimental studies have reported that sleep restriction is an independent risk factor for weight gain and obesity, but ...