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Homocysteine and folate as risk factors for dementia and Alzheimer disease by Ravaglia, Giovanni, Forti, Paola, Maioli, Fabiola, Martelli, Mabel, Servadei, Lucia, Brunetti, Nicoletta, Porcellini, Elisa, Licastro, Federico

“…BACKGROUND: In cross-sectional studies, elevated plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) concentrations have been associated with cognitive impairment and dementia…”
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Mild Cognitive Impairment: Epidemiology and Dementia Risk in an Elderly Italian Population by Ravaglia, Giovanni, Forti, Paola, Montesi, Fausta, Lucicesare, Anna, Pisacane, Nicoletta, Rietti, Elisa, Dalmonte, Edoardo, Bianchin, Marisa, Mecocci, Patrizia

“…OBJECTIVES: To investigate prevalence and incidence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and its risk of progression to dementia in an elderly Italian…”
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Blood inflammatory markers and risk of dementia: The Conselice Study of Brain Aging by Ravaglia, Giovanni, Forti, Paola, Maioli, Fabiola, Chiappelli, Martina, Montesi, Fausta, Tumini, Emanuela, Mariani, Erminia, Licastro, Federico, Patterson, Christopher

“…Abstract Incidence studies of blood inflammatory markers as predictors of dementia in older age are few and did not take into account hyperhomocysteinemia,…”
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Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Dementia in Older Adults by Forti, Paola, Pisacane, Nicoletta, Rietti, Elisa, Lucicesare, Anna, Olivelli, Valentina, Mariani, Erminia, Mecocci, Patrizia, Ravaglia, Giovanni

“…OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between metabolic syndrome (MetS; a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors including abdominal obesity,…”
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Plasma tocopherols and risk of cognitive impairment in an elderly Italian cohort by Ravaglia, Giovanni, Forti, Paola, Lucicesare, Anna, Pisacane, Nicoletta, Rietti, Elisa, Mangialasche, Francesca, Cecchetti, Roberta, Patterson, Christopher, Mecocci, Patrizia

“…BACKGROUND: Evidence that vitamin E may preserve cognitive function in elderly subjects is conflicting. The most abundant and most investigated form of vitamin…”
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Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone as a predictor of cognitive impairment in an elderly cohort by Forti, Paola, Olivelli, Valentina, Rietti, Elisa, Maltoni, Benedetta, Pirazzoli, Gianluca, Gatti, Rita, Gioia, Maria Grazia, Ravaglia, Giovanni

“…It is unclear whether in late life serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) predicts risk of developing cognitive impairment. This study investigated the…”
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Prevalent Depressive Symptoms as a Risk Factor for Conversion to Mild Cognitive Impairment in an Elderly Italian Cohort by Ravaglia, Giovanni, M.D, Forti, Paola, M.D, Lucicesare, Anna, M.D, Rietti, Elisa, M.D, Pisacane, Nicoletta, M.D, Mariani, Erminia, M.D, Dalmonte, Edoardo, M.D

“…Objective To examine the association between depressive symptoms and prevalent and incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in elderly individuals; to verify…”
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The conselice study of brain ageing by Ravaglia, Giovanni, Forti, Paola

“…Among the age-related diseases, the development of cognitive impairments, in particular dementia, is the most devastating for the individual and has great…”
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Effect of micronutrient status on natural killer cell immune function in healthy free-living subjects aged ≥90 y by RAVAGLIA, G, FORTI, P, MAIOLI, F, BASTAGLI, L, FACCHINI, A, MARIANI, E, SAVARINO, L, SASSI, S, CUCINOTTA, D, LENAZ, G

“…Natural killer (NK) cells play a role in natural immunity against tumor and infected cells. Advanced aging is associated with functional impairment of NK cells…”
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Multi factorial interactions in the pathogenesis pathway of Alzheimer's disease: a new risk charts for prevention of dementia by Licastro, Federico, Porcellini, Elisa, Forti, Paola, Buscema, Massimo, Carbone, Ilaria, Ravaglia, Giovanni, Grossi, Enzo

“…The population longitudinal study named "The Conselice Study" has been the focus of the present investigation. 65 years old or older participants of this…”
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Screening for mild cognitive impairment in elderly ambulatory patients with cognitive complaints by Ravaglia, Giovanni, Forti, Paola, Maioli, Fabiola, Servadei, Lucia, Martelli, Mabel, Brunetti, Nicoletta, Bastagli, Luciana, Mariani, Erminia

“…Identification of patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is strongly recommended because of their increased risk of dementia. Two brief global cognitive…”
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Metabolic Syndrome by Ravaglia, Giovanni, Forti, Paola, Maioli, Fabiola, Bastagli, Luciana, Chiappelli, Martina, Montesi, Fausta, Bolondi, Luigi, Patterson, Christopher

“…Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence and prediction of mortality in elderly individuals Giovanni Ravaglia , MD 1 , Paola Forti , MD 1 , Fabiola Maioli , MD 1 ,…”
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Determinants of Functional Status in Healthy Italian Nonagenarians and Centenarians: A Comprehensive Functional Assessment by the Instruments of Geriatric Practice by Ravaglia, Giovanni, Forti, Paola, Maioli, Fabiola, Boschi, Federica, Cicognani, Annalena, Bernardi, Mauro, Pratelli, Loredana, Pizzoferrato, Arturo, Porcu, Sebastiano, Gasbarrini, Giovanni

“…OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the physical ability and psychocognitive status of a population more than 90 years of age with regard to sociodemographic, behavioral,…”
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Development of an easy prognostic score for frailty outcomes in the aged by Ravaglia, Giovanni, Forti, Paola, Lucicesare, Anna, Pisacane, Nicoletta, Rietti, Elisa, Patterson, Christopher

“…Background: identification of frailty is recommended in geriatric practice. However, there is a lack of frailty scores combining easy-to-collect predictors…”
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A comparison of frailty indexes for prediction of adverse health outcomes in an elderly cohort by Forti, Paola, Rietti, Elisa, Pisacane, Nicoletta, Olivelli, Valentina, Maltoni, Benedetta, Ravaglia, Giovanni

“…Abstract This study aimed to compare the predictive accuracy for several frailty-related adverse health outcomes of a cumulative index derived from the Italian…”
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Development of Acute Psychotic Disorders and HIV-1 Infection by De Ronchi, Diana, Faranca, Irma, Forti, Paola, Ravaglia, Giovanni, Borderi, Marco, Manfredi, Roberto, Volterra, Vittorio

“…Objective: To gain more understanding about the relationship between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and new-onset psychosis, we compared…”
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Evidence of the association of BIN1 and PICALM with the AD risk in contrasting European populations by Lambert, Jean-Charles, Zelenika, Diana, Hiltunen, Mikko, Chouraki, Vincent, Combarros, Onofre, Bullido, Maria J, Tognoni, Gloria, Fiévet, Nathalie, Boland, Anne, Arosio, Beatrice, Coto, Eliecer, Zompo, Maria Del, Mateo, Ignacio, Frank-Garcia, Ana, Helisalmi, Seppo, Porcellini, Elisa, Pilotto, Alberto, Forti, Paola, Ferri, Raffaele, Delepine, Marc, Scarpini, Elio, Siciliano, Gabriele, Solfrizzi, Vincenzo, Sorbi, Sandro, Spalletta, Gianfranco, Ravaglia, Giovanni, Valdivieso, Fernando, Alvarez, Victoria, Bosco, Paolo, Mancuso, Michelangelo, Panza, Francesco, Nacmias, Benedetta, Bossù, Paola, Piccardi, Paola, Annoni, Giorgio, Seripa, Davide, Galimberti, Daniela, Licastro, Federico, Lathrop, Mark, Soininen, Hilkka, Amouyel, Philippe

“…Abstract Recent genome-wide association studies have identified 5 loci ( BIN1 , CLU , CR1 , EXOC3L2 , and PICALM ) as genetic determinants of Alzheimer's…”
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Multivariable network associated with cognitive decline and dementia by Licastro, Federico, Porcellini, Elisa, Chiappelli, Martina, Forti, Paola, Buscema, Massimo, Ravaglia, Giovanni, Grossi, Enzo

“…Abstract Data mining of a large data base from the population longitudinal study named “The Conselice Study” has been the focus of the present investigation…”
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Metabolic Syndrome: Prevalence and prediction of mortality in elderly individuals by Ravaglia, Giovanni, Forti, Paola, Maioli, Fabiola, Bastagli, Luciana, Chiappelli, Martina, Montesi, Fausta, Bolondi, Luigi, Patterson, Christopher

“…OBJECTIVE:--Little is known about the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among elderly people in Italy, its association with all-cause mortality, and whether…”
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Conversion of mild cognitive impairment to dementia: predictive role of mild cognitive impairment subtypes and vascular risk factors by Ravaglia, Giovanni, Forti, Paola, Maioli, Fabiola, Martelli, Mabel, Servadei, Lucia, Brunetti, Nicoletta, Pantieri, Gaia, Mariani, Erminia

“…Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is regarded as a precursor to dementia, but not all patients with MCI develop dementia. We followed up 165 elderly outpatients…”
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