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Factors related to dietary quality among older stroke high-risk population in Tianjin community, China: a multicenter study
Stroke is a common and frequently-occurring disease in older people. It has the characteristics of high morbidity, high mortality, high recurrence rate and high disability rate. Most stroke risk studies are ba...
Source: BMC Geriatrics - August 22, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Yumeng Gu, Decheng Gao, Xiaoshuang Xia, Juanjuan Xue, Dongliang Wang, Zhiqiang Wei, Xiaolin Tian and Xin Li Tags: Research Source Type: research

News at a glance: A win for obesity drugs, a new infectious disease institute head, and Mexican fireflies under threat
CONSERVATION Researchers raise alarm over threat to Mexican fireflies Scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) last week delivered a letter to the Mexican government requesting it regulate tourism centered on the threatened firefly species Photinus palaciosi . Endemic to Mexico’s Tlaxcala forests, P. palaciosi is one of the few species that glow in synchrony, offering an annual spectacle that attracts thousands of visitors during summer mating season. The letter describes how littering, artificial light, and noise interfere with the insects’ courtship and eg...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - August 10, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Frailty in relation to the risk of carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events in Chinese community-dwelling older adults: A five-year prospective cohort study
CONCLUSION: Deficit accumulation was closely associated with carotid atherosclerosis risks and strongly predicted five-year CVD events. The frailty index can be used to help identify older adults at high risks of CVD for improved preventive healthcare.PMID:37536575 | DOI:10.1016/j.exger.2023.112266
Source: Experimental Gerontology - August 3, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Chunxiu Wang Xianghua Fang Zhe Tang Yang Hua Zhongying Zhang Xiang Gu Beibei Liu Kun Yang Xunming Ji Xiaowei Song Source Type: research

Elevated non-HDL-C/HDL-C ratio increases the 1-year risk of recurrent stroke in older patients with non-disabling ischemic cerebrovascular events: results from the Xi ’an Stroke Registry Study of China
In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between...
Source: BMC Geriatrics - July 5, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Zhongzhong Liu, Xuemei Lin, Lingxia Zeng, Huan Zhang, Weiyan Guo, Qingli Lu, Congli Huang, Jing Wang, Pei Liu, Qiaoqiao Chang, Mi Zhang, Yan Huo, Yan Wang, Fang Wang and Songdi Wu Tags: Research Source Type: research

Associations of WWC1 variants with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia among rural older adults in China: A population-based study
Neurobiol Aging. 2023 Jan 8:S0197-4580(23)00003-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2023.01.003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe sought to examine the associations of common WWC1 variants with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) among rural-dwelling older adults in China. This population-based study used data from the baseline assessments (March -September 2018) of MIND-China. AD and VaD were diagnosed following the international criteria. Of the 5455 participants (age≥60 years, 57.27% women), 182 were diagnosed with AD and 88 with VaD. Logistic regression analysis suggested that WWC1 rs17070145 C allele (...
Source: Neurobiology of Aging - January 20, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Chaoqun Wang Xiaolei Han Yi Dong Cuicui Liu Xiaojie Wang Tingting Hou Qihua Tan Yongxiang Wang Yifeng Du Chengxuan Qiu Source Type: research

Associations of multiple chronic disease and depressive symptoms with incident stroke among Chinese middle-aged and elderly adults: a nationwide population-based cohort study
This study aimed to explore the independent associa...
Source: BMC Geriatrics - August 12, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jingyang Hu, Xinyu Zheng, Guangduoji Shi and Lan Guo Tags: Research Source Type: research

Fasting blood glucose-to-glycated hemoglobin ratio and all-cause mortality among Chinese in-hospital patients with acute stroke: a 12-month follow-up study
Stroke is a leading cause of death and functional impairment in older people. To assess the prospective association between fasting blood glucose-to-glycated hemoglobin ratio and all-cause mortality and poor p...
Source: BMC Geriatrics - June 20, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Zhong-ming Cai, Man-man Zhang, Ren-qian Feng, Xu-dong Zhou, Hao-man Chen, Zhi-peng Liu, Yan-zhi Wu, Qun-li Lin, Sheng-lie Ye, Cheng-wei Liao, Xue-rong Huang, Le-qiu Sun, Bo Yang and Bei-lei Zhu Tags: Research Source Type: research

Association of platelet-to-white blood cell ratio and platelet-to-neutrophil ratio with the risk of fatal stroke occurrence in middle-aged to older Chinese
White blood cell (WBC) and neutrophil (NEUT) counts, which are commonly inflammatory markers, have been related to an increased risk of fatal stroke. However, it is unclear whether platelet-to-white blood cell...
Source: BMC Geriatrics - May 17, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Zhi-bing Hu, Qiong-qiong Zhong, Ze-xiong Lu and Feng Zhu Tags: Research Source Type: research

Early-life exposure to Chinese famine and stroke risk in mid- to late life: the mediating roles of cognitive function and depression
Limited research has examined the role that famine exposure plays in adulthood stroke risk. We aim to explore the causal implications of early exposure to the Great Chinese Famine on stroke risk and determine ...
Source: BMC Geriatrics - April 7, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Zi Zhou, Wei Zhang and Ya Fang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Dysphagia Management and Outcomes in Elderly Stroke Patients with Malnutrition Risk: Results from Chinese Stroke Center Alliance
Source: Clinical Interventions in Aging - March 17, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Clinical Interventions in Aging Source Type: research

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