J Woo

..The findings underscore the importance of maintaining physical fitness through exercise and re-confirm the importance of weight maintenance in reducing mortality risk...

..To compare three simple bedside tools based on frailty phenotypes with a Frailty Index using the multiple deficit approach in the prediction of mortality and physical limitation after 4 years...

..Chinese men with low serum estradiol levels display elevated bone loss and increased risk of fractures similar to findings in Caucasians...

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..The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between depression, multi-morbidity (number of chronic medical conditions, and measures of socioeconomic standing (SES) in an elderly Hong Kong population...

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..Associations between nutrition and cognitive impairment, and nutrition and depression, have been observed. Elderly people are at risk of under nutrition, and also have higher prevalence of cognitive impairment and depression...

..The results would guide future government policy for health and social services for the elderly population in the community setting...

..To examine the efficacy of a lifestyle modification programme in weight maintenance for obese subjects after cessation of treatment with Orlistat...

..Our objective was to determine whether BMI, as a surrogate measurement of fat mass, may be used as a measure of risk factor for physical functioning in older adults and whether body composition measurements confer any advantage over BMI...

..To determine the direct and indirect cost of osteoarthritis (OA) according to disease severity, and to estimate the total cost of the disease in Hong Kong...

..There are few data about milk consumption by Chinese women aged 20-35 years. This study examines whether milk supplement over 2 years caused increased bone mineral density (BMD) in Chinese women aged 20-35 years...

..These findings may not apply to elderly populations with limited ability to perform exercises of high intensity...

..To examine dietary factors predisposing to overweight and obesity, taking into account age, gender, education level and physical activity.Design:Longitudinal population study...

..A community-based programme for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in group sessions is designed, and the feasibility, acceptability and physical and psychosocial outcomes evaluated...

..To date, few studies address disparities in older populations specifically using frailty as one of the health outcomes and examining the relative contributions of individual and environmental factors to health outcomes...

..A quantifiable indicator of frailty would be very useful in assessing the health state of older populations, as well as enable the effect of interventions to be evaluated over time...

..Ethnic differences in the prevalence of Parkinson's disease have been observed, but may be due to differences in screening instruments and diagnostic criteria...

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..Lifestyle factors and the female gender were independent risk factors for atherosclerosis in the elderly Chinese population...

..To develop and validate a nutritional screening tool (CNS) for elderly Chinese subjects in the institutional setting...

..To measure the impact of osteoarthritis (OA) on quality of life in the Hong Kong Chinese population...

..Further studies are needed to explore the health and psychosocial consequences of the gender difference in self-rated social status...

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..This is a preliminary study to identify older people service needs in Hong Kong from the users' and service providers' perspective...

..We carried out a survey of 80 patients facing the final stages of their chronic illness as well as their carers and hospital staff...

..To improve the quality of care of these patients, we carried out a continuous quality improvement initiative among medical and nursing staff of a convalescent facility...

..No significant association was observed in men. The findings support the association between TL and markers of atherosclerosis in older women but not men...

..This study examines whether experience of famine during late childhood affect late life health...

..To examine the definition of sarcopenia in Chinese subjects by relating the value of appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) divided by height squared to physical functional outcomes after 4 years...

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..The Hong Kong population is aging rapidly, such that there are concerns about residential care adequacy in terms of number of places as well as quality of care...

..To examine the prevalence, correlates and prospective impact of musculoskeletal pain on physical and psychological function in a population health survey of elderly Chinese men and women...

..previous studies examining the relationship between socioeconomic status and telomere length showed conflicting results, one study finding shorter telomere length in subjects with lower socioeconomic status and one showing no relationship...

..4. This model could be further developed as an integral part of community management for patients with chronic diseases...

..We documented the number of falls and falls risk profile over two years to derive a falls risks prediction score...

..The findings lend further emphasis to the health benefits of salt reduction in our population both in terms of hypertension and osteoporosis...

..While telomere length may be a biomarker of cellular senescence, this relationship may not be extrapolated to the functional level represented by the frailty phenotype...

..To explore the hypothesis that better health status of elderly populations is primarily determined by the provision of freely accessible health service at low or no cost to the user and a social welfare system...

..The scientific basis for its action may be its action as a phytoestrogen...

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..To examine the effect of age on the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), and the usefulness of BMI, WC and waist-hip ratio (WHR) in predicting mortality and cardiovascular risk in the elderly population...

..BMD values at the hip sites are not interchangeable between Norland and Hologic bone densitometers, and estimation of numbers of the population with osteoporosis will depend on the model of densitometer used...

..Hip protectors, while effective in prevention of hip fractures, have been designed for a Caucasian body build and may not be suitable for Asian subjects living in a subtropical climate...

..Although increasing emphasis is being placed on strategies for successful aging, few studies have examined the relationship between lifestyle factors and mortality and other health outcomes in the old-old population...

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..Both diet and exercise interact, so that public health recommendations often take the form of lifestyle modification advice in the prevention of disease and disability...

..The goal of this study is to estimate the long-term care needs of the Hong Kong Chinese population age 70 years and older, and to identify risk factors for institutionalization...

..To study the nutritional status of elderly Chinese vegetarians...

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..The study also showed that 64% of these patients with pain had moderate to severe disabilities to the basic activity of daily living, although there was no correlation between the severity of pain and the severity of disability...

..Weight loss rather than weight gain appears to be more important in this population, and promotion of life-style interventions targeted at weight maintenance would be important...

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..We sought to determine the cutoffs of fasting urinary methylmalonic acid (MMA) indicating elevated and mildly elevated serum MMA concentrations in older persons...

..A total of 21.8% of the variance in total hip and 31.5% of the variance in total spine BMD was accounted for in the multivariate analysis...

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..Vitamin and mineral supplements do not address the problem of protein calorie undernutrition. Milk powder may be a suitable alternative supplement, but diarrhoea resulting from lactase deficiency is common in Chinese people...

..To investigate the cross-cultural validity of London Handicap Scale in Hong Kong Chinese...

..We examine the dietary pattern of community-dwelling older individuals with questionable dementia and compared that with normal individuals...

..Older Tibetan women were fatter than their male counterparts, and they were as fat as the older people in Hong Kong, despite having low caloric intakes...

..This indicates that other factors may be contributing to the association between peripheral vascular disease and osteoporosis...

..OST and MOST were examined among 4658 US Caucasian and 1914 Hong Kong Chinese men. Both tools have high negative predictive values, accurately screening out men with low risk, and saving a third of DXA tests...

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..To investigate the incidence, circumstances, and risk factors of falls among Chinese stroke patients during inpatient rehabilitation...

..The objective of this study was to study the effects of having clinically relevant depressive symptoms in community dwelling elderly on all cause hospitalization in the elderly...

..Longitudinal data on the older population in the Asian setting are limited. This paper reports the factors associated with the development of cognitive impairment (CI) in a cohort of Chinese elderly aged > or =70 years...

..To determine the cut off score of the CNS in predicting 12 months mortality...

..To derive regression equations for fat percentage by using simple anthropometric measurements applicable in normal and immobile (cannot stand or walk) older people...

..The findings of this study may have implications for treatment of obesity and the prevention of further weight gain...

..The metabolic syndrome is a predictor of diabetes and coronary events. We hypothesized that it also predicts hypertension...

..Our objectives are to examine the relationship between cognitive function and performance-based physical function and to test the hypothesis that cognitive function is related to poor physical function independent of muscle mass...

..Sarcopenia is increasingly being recognized as a feature of frailty in old age and is associated with unfavorable health outcomes in Western populations. Little is known about sarcopenia among Asian elderly populations...

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..86 million persons aged 65 or older. The demand for residential care places continues to rise. Information on the survival of older persons will allow better management of care in institutional settings...

..However, resource limitations may render efforts at improvement difficult. SPONSORSHIP: SK Yee Memorial Fund...

..Most subjects evaluated this mode of service delivery favorably in the questionnaire and focus group discussions. There is potential for the integration of this mode of service delivery into current health services...

..Circulatory congestion is an adverse predictor of mortality in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients...

..To determine the psychosocial effect of Tai Chi on nursing home residents...

..05 by paired t-test). We conclude that supplementing the diet of postmenopausal Chinese women with high calcium milk powder retards bone loss...

..In this analysis, we aimed to assess which anthropometric cutoff values are best at predicting the likelihood of diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and albuminuria in Hong Kong Chinese...

..The study suggests that depression does not correlate with the severity of pain in patients with advanced cancer. It also suggests that impaired activity of daily living (ADL) in these patients is not related to depression...

..The phytoestrogen content of these TCM may provide a scientific basis for their actions. However, clinical efficacy can only be determined by clinical trials...

..In vitro and animal studies have suggested that soy protein and isoflavones have favorable effects on glucose and insulin regulation, but intervention studies in humans are limited, and the results are controversial...

..DISCUSSION: The PGMS and GDS are closely related. In addition to the GDS, health perception, life satisfaction, and adequate finance were factors contributing to quality of life in elderly Hong Kong Chinese...

..2 mmol/l) was similar to those with hypercholesterolaemia. We examined the prevalence of isolated low HDL-C in Hong Kong Chinese and its relationship with insulin resistance and triglyceride (TG) level...

..To compare the accuracy of the predictive equations derived from older Chinese people without vertebral deformity with those derived from unselected older people, in estimating height from armspan...

..These findings suggest approaches to tailor care plans to increase resident satisfaction...

..All the subjects accepted the use of videoconferencing for delivery of the intervention. The pilot study demonstrated the feasibility, efficacy and high level of acceptance of telerehabilitation for community-dwelling stroke clients...

..This finding suggests that there is room for improvement in the nutritional status of patients with NPC treated with RT...

..Patients with kidney disease are at high risk of developing 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] deficiency...

..To investigate the association between raised blood pressure and dysglycemia...

..In atherosclerotic plaques, ALP is expressed. Similar to C-reactive protein (CRP), it may be another marker of systemic inflammation. Therefore, we investigated their association in a Hong Kong Chinese population...

..To investigate the impact of insulin resistance on cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly...

..After multivariate adjustment, PD no longer remained independently associated with reduced BMD in female patients...

..8% (p =.01) of the variance in HRQL. These findings suggest that improving HRQL of HF patients entails improving their psychological status, functional status, and health perception...

..It can be a useful model in the management of chronic disease in the community...

..Individuals undergoing peritoneal dialysis are at increased risk of developing cardiac disease and malnutrition...

..This study measures the energy expenditure of commonly performed activities of daily living tasks in a Chinese population, examining age and gender differences...

..This study compared the risk of ischemic heart disease among older vegetarian Chinese women with that of older non-vegetarian women...