Browsing Medical Gerontology by Subject "Age-related disability"
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ACE gene I/D polymorphism and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized patients: a metanalysis
(2021)Background Hypertension and type 2 diabetes increase the risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. On the other hand, homozygous ACE deletion polymorphism (DD) has been associated with these two diseases and risk of acute ... -
Alluvial visualization and computation of probabilities of transitions in frailty index states over an 8-year period using multi-state Markov models
(2021)The Frailty Index (FI) is an operationalization of frailty in older adults based on the accumulation of health deficits. FI cut-offs define the non-frail, prefrail and frail states. We described longitudinal transitions ... -
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) genetic variation and longevity in Peruvian older people: a cross-sectional study
(2020)Background: Some studies have suggested that the insertion(I)/deletion(D) polymorphism of the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) gene may be associated with human longevity, especially in centenarians. However, this ... -
Approximate entropies of resting state continuous neurocardiovascular physiological signals are associated with physical frailty in older adults
(2021)Frailty in older adults is characterised by dysregulation in multiple physiological systems. The frailty phenotype is defined on the basis of exhaustion, unexplained weight loss, weakness, slowness and low physical activity ... -
Associations between Cardiovascular Signal Entropy and Cognitive Performance over Eight Years
(2021)In this study, the relationship between non-invasively measured cardiovascular signal entropy and global cognitive performance was explored in a sample of community-dwelling older adults from The Irish Longitudinal Study ... -
Associations between neurocardiovascular signal entropy and physical frailty
(2021)In this cross-sectional study, the relationship between noninvasively measured neurocardiovascular signal entropy and physical frailty was explored in a sample of community-dwelling older adults from The Irish Longitudinal ... -
Biomarker Signatures of Two Phenotypical Pre-Frailty Types in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(2022)Abstract: We investigated the biomarker signatures of two previously reported phenotypical prefrailty (PF) types in the first wave of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA): PF1 (unexplained weight loss and/or ... -
Blood Pressure Signal Entropy as a Novel Marker of Physical Frailty: Results from the FRAILMatics Clinical Cohort
(2022)In this study we investigated the association between information entropy in short length blood pressure signals and physical frailty status, in a group of patients aged 50+ recruited from the Falls and Syncope Unit at ... -
Building resilience and reversing frailty: a randomised controlled trial of a primary care intervention for older adults
(2023)Background: There is a need for effective primary care interventions that help older people combat frailty and build resilience. Objective: To study the effectiveness of an optimised exercise and dietary protein ... -
Cardiovascular signal entropy predicts all-cause mortality: evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2022)In this study, the relationship between cardiovascular signal entropy and the risk of seven-year all-cause mortality was explored in a large sample of community-dwelling older adults from The Irish Longitudinal Study on ... -
Characterising the Blood Pressure Response to Physical Counterpressure Manoeuvres Using Surface Electromyography in Adults with Long Covid
(2023)Objective: Orthostatic intolerance (OI) is common in Long Covid. Physical counterpressure manoeuvres (PCM) may improve OI in other disorders. We characterised the blood pressure-rising effect of PCM using surface ... -
Clinical clustering of eight orthostatic haemodynamic patterns in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2020)Background: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) can be assessed with non-invasive continuous beat-to-beat haemodynamic monitoring during active stand (AS) testing; this yields large volumes of data outside the scope ... -
Clinical features and mortality predictors of older hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 in Lima, Per?
(2022)Background and aims. The objective of our study was to describe the clinical features of severe COVID-19 in older (compared to younger) hospitalized patients in a tertiary care centre in Lima, Perú. Methods. A retrospective ... -
Comparative analysis of frailty identification criteria on continuous non-invasive neurocardiovascular signals during an active stand test in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2023)Frailty is a distinctive health state related to acceleration of biological ageing in which multiple body systems disproportionately lose their in-built reserves. Older people living with frailty are at higher risk of ... -
Comparison of gait speed reserve, usual gait speed, and maximum gait speed of adults aged 50+ in Ireland using explainable machine learning
(2021)Gait speed is a measure of general fitness. Changing from usual (UGS) to maximum (MGS) gait speed requires coordinated action of many body systems. Gait speed reserve (GSR) is defined as MGS–UGS. From a shortlist of 88 ... -
Comprehensive geriatric assessment and clinical outcomes of frail older adults with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a metanalysis
(2023)Introduction. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is used to personalize cancer treatments in frail older adults. However, its utility to guide treatments in frail older patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma ...