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Diabetes mellitus as a modulator of functional impairment and decline in Alzheimer's disease. The Real.FR cohort by Sanz, C. M., Hanaire, H., Vellas, B. J., Sinclair, A. J., Andrieu, S.

“…Diabet. Med. 29, 541–548 (2012) Aims  To determine whether diabetes mellitus influences functional status in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Methods  We…”
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One-Leg Balance Is an Important Predictor of Injurious Falls in Older Persons by Vellas, Bruno J., Wayne, Sharon J., Romero, Linda, Baumgartner, Richard N., Rubenstein, Laurence Z., Garry, Philip J.

“…OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that one‐leg balance is a significant predictor of falls and injurious falls. DESIGN: Analysis of data from a longitudinal…”
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A Two-Year Longitudinal Study of Falls in 482 Community-Dwelling Elderly Adults by Vellas, Bruno J., Wayne, Sharon J., Garry, Philip J., Baumgartner, Richard N.

“…Background. Falls are a common occurrence in elderly persons, including relatively healthy, community-dwelling men and women. A significant percentage of falls…”
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Changes in nutritional status and patterns of morbidity among free-living elderly persons: A 10-year longitudinal study by Vellas, Bruno J., Hunt, William C., Romero, Linda J., Koehler, Kathleen M., Baumgartner, Richard N., Garry, Philip J.

“…Nutritional intake appears to be an important factor contributing to aging. In the present study we describe changes in physical health related to nutritional…”
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Descriptive analysis of emergency hospital admissions of patients with Alzheimer disease by NOURHASHEMI, F, ANDRIEU, S, SASTRES, N, DUCASSE, J. L, LAUQUE, D, SINCLAIR, A. J, ALBAREDE, J. L, VELLAS, B. J

“…The aim of this project was to study the underlying reasons for emergency hospital admission of patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and their…”
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One-leg standing balance and functional status in a population of 512 community-living elderly persons by Vellas, B J, Rubenstein, L Z, Ousset, P J, Faisant, C, Kostek, V, Nourhashemi, F, Allard, M, Albarede, J L

“…The objective of this cross-sectional study (whose baseline data were drawn from a longitudinal population study) was to determine if one-leg standing balance…”
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Longitudinal study of dietary intakes and plasma lipids in healthy elderly men and women by Garry, PJ, Hunt, WC, Koehler, KM, VanderJagt, DJ, Vellas, BJ

“…Dietary intakes and blood lipid concentrations were assessed in elderly men (n = 65) and women (n = 92) from 1980 through 1989. Mean age in 1980 was 70 y…”
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Nutritional assessment: a simple step forward by Reynish, William, Vellas, Bruno J.

“…An important challenge for improving the care of elderly people is the early detection of malnutrition and the risk of undernutrition. Poor nutritional status…”
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Fear of falling and restriction of mobility in elderly fallers by VELLAS, BRUNO J., WAYNE, SHARON J., ROMERO, LINDA J., BAUMGARTNER, RICHARD N., GARRY, PHILIP J.

“…Objectives: to identify the characteristics of elderly persons who develop a fear of falling after experiencing a fall and to investigate the association of…”
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Editorial: The Geriatrician, the Primary Care Physician, Aducanumab and the FDA Decision: From Frustration to New Hope by Vellas, B J

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Diseases and aging: patterns of morbidity with age; relationship between aging and age-associated diseases by Vellas, BJ, Albarede, JL, Garry, PJ

“…Patterns of morbidity with age can be schematically represented in three situations: 1) as a progressive illness, such as Alzheimer's disease, leading to a…”
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Special care units for dementia in nursing homes: A controlled study of effectiveness by Frisoni, G.B., Gozzetti, A., Bignamini, V., Vellas, B.J., Berger, A-K., Bianchetti, A., Rozzini, R., Trabucchi, M.

“…The management of behavioral disturbances in the demented patient is a debated issue both in the medical and the social fields. Aim of this study was to…”
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Identifying the elderly at risk for malnutrition. The Mini Nutritional Assessment by Guigoz, Yves, Lauque, Sylvie, Vellas, Bruno J

“…In more than 10,000 elderly persons, the mean prevalence of malnutrition is 1% in community-healthy elderly persons, 4% in outpatients receiving home care, 5%…”
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Tube feeding in elderly patients by Vellas, B J, Chumlea, W C

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Adaptive response of pancreatic and intestinal function to nutritional intake in the aged by Vellas, B J, Balas, D, Lafont, C, Senegas-Balas, F, Albarede, J L, Ribet, A

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Anti-inflammatoires non stéroïdiens et maladie d'Alzheimer by NOURHASHEMI, F, OUSSET, P. J, REYES, G, MICAS, M, ADOUE, D, VELLAS, B. J, ALBAREDE, J. L

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Apolipoprotein  4 Allele and Problems With Orientation Are Associated With a Persistent Decline in Cognition in Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons by Wayne, S. J., Vellas, B. J., Brodie, S. G., Garry, P. J., Baumgartner, R. N.

“…Wayne et al describe the incidence of persistent cognitive decline in a sample of community-dwelling elderly persons and measure the association between this…”
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Malnutrition in the elderly: the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) by Guigoz, Y, Vellas, B J

“…Frail elderly in the community, in nursing homes or in hospitals are at increased risk of malnutrition. In many instances, their existing nutritional disorders…”
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY COMPOSITION AND INDEPENDANCE IN INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING IN 7105 ELDERLY WOMEN by Vellas, B J, Nourhashémi, F, Andrieu, S, Rauzy, O, Ousset, P J, Albarede, J L, Grandjean, H

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COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND BONE MASS IN 5676 ELDERLY WOMEN by Nourhashémi, F, Andrieu, S, Rolland, Y, Ousset, P J, Grandjean, H, Vellas, B J, Albarede, J L

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