Aged, 80 and over
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Friday, November 20, 2009

No association of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome: the Norwegian HUNT study.

20 Dec 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome. METHOD: Cross-sectional study of 9571 participants aged 20-89 years in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT 2). We assessed anxiety and depression with ... Read more...

Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007.

8 Dec 2008 OBJECTIVE: This report presents selected estimates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among U.S. adults and children, using data from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and ... Read more...

High serum Abeta and vascular risk factors in first-degree relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients.

6 Dec 2009 The main objective of this study was to determine whether elevated blood beta-amyloid (Abeta) levels among the first-degree relatives of patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are associated with vascular risk factors of AD. Serum Abeta was measured ... Read more...

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• No association of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome: the Norwegian HUNT study. 20 Dec 2009
• Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007. 8 Dec 2008
• High serum Abeta and vascular risk factors in first-degree relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients. 6 Dec 2009
• Biopsy site for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with gastric cancer. 30 Nov 2009
• Association of HPV16 E6 variants with diagnostic severity in cervical cytology samples of 354 women in a US population. 29 Nov 2009
• Elevated levels of MIC-1/GDF15 in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients are associated with glioblastoma and worse outcome. 29 Nov 2009
• EGFR and KRAS status of primary sarcomatoid carcinomas of the lung: implications for anti-EGFR treatment of a rare lung malignancy. 13 Nov 2009
• Carbonic anhydrase IX and human papillomavirus as diagnostic biomarkers of cervical dysplasia/neoplasia in women with a cytologic diagnosis of atypical glandular cells: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study in United States. 13 Nov 2009
• Serum olfactomedin 4 (GW112, hGC-1) in combination with Reg IV is a highly sensitive biomarker for gastric cancer patients. 13 Nov 2009
• Chromosomal abnormalities and novel disease-related regions in progression from Barrett's esophagus to esophageal adenocarcinoma. 13 Nov 2009
• Expression and role of adrenomedullin in renal tumors and value of its mRNA levels as prognostic factor in clear-cell renal carcinoma. 13 Nov 2009
• Enhanced expression of Annexin A4 in clear cell carcinoma of the ovary and its association with chemoresistance to carboplatin. 13 Nov 2009
• Rectal cancer survival in the Nordic countries and Scotland. 13 Nov 2009
• Detection of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in plasma by mutant-enriched PCR assay for prediction of the response to gefitinib in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. 13 Nov 2009
• Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry Surveillance - four states, 2005-2007. 4 Nov 2009
• A peptide-based erythropoietin-receptor agonist for pure red-cell aplasia. 3 Nov 2009
• Standardized surgery for colonic cancer: complete mesocolic excision and central ligation--technical notes and outcome. 3 Nov 2009
• Brain gray matter decrease in chronic pain is the consequence and not the cause of pain. 2 Nov 2009
• Factors associated with death or hospitalization due to pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection in California. 2 Nov 2009
• Mgmt methylation is a prognostic biomarker in elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Nov 2009

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Technical information about 'Aged, 80 and over'

Definition: A person 80 years of age and older.

Descriptor UI: D000369

Alternative terms: Aged, 80 and over; Oldest Old; Nonagenarians; Nonagenarian; Octogenarians; Octogenarian; Centenarians; Centenarian;

Allowable Qualifiers: physiology; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: M01.060.116.100.080;

History Note: 87; CENTENERIANS, NONAGENARIANS, & OCTOGENARIANS were CENTENARIAN, NONAGENARIAN, & OCTOGENARIAN 1987-95

Technical Notes: NIM as check tag; IM only as psychological or sociological entity; DF: AGED 80