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Longer life - better life? Studies on mortality, morbidity and quality of life among elderly people
(2003)
Background: Life expectancy has been increasing, but whether or not the added years are years with good health and quality of life have been vividly debated. Knowledge of the health conditions among elderly is of increasing ...
Human body composition. Reference data and anthropometric equations. The metabolic syndrome and risk
(2005)
The determination of body composition is a key to the understanding of the relation between obesity and disease. In order to evaluate body composition data, reference values are needed. Since methods with high validity and ...
Anthropometry in the elderly. Population studies on longitudinal changes, secular trends and risk for morbidity and mortality
(2001)
The aims of this thesis were to a) describe longitudinal changes in height and body weight (BW) between the ages 70 and 95y; b) describe secular trends in height and BW of 70-year-olds and their relation to social and ...
Diabetes mellitus and acute coronary syndromes.Prognosis and risk factors
(2005)
Aims: the aims of the thesis were:- To investigate the prognostic influence of diabetes on short- and long-term mortality after an episode of unstable coronary disease - To evaluate the association between glycometabolic ...
Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular morbidity
(2000)
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 24 % of middle-aged men and 9 % of women in USA but the treatment criterion, daytime sleepiness is reported by 17 and 22 % of these subjects, respectively. Some previous studies have ...