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Mobile phones and head tumours. The discrepancies in cause-effect relationships in the epidemiological studies - how do they arise?Angelo G Levis
Department of Experimental Biomedical Sciences, Medical School of Padova, Padova, Italy
Environ Health 10:59. 2011....- Maximizing the general success of cecal intubation during propofol sedation in a multi-endoscopist academic centreFabrizio Cardin
Geriatrics Department, Geriatric Surgery Unit, General Hospital, Padua, Italy
BMC Gastroenterol 10:123. 2010..Large centres and teaching hospitals employing endoscopists with different levels of training and expertise risk achieving worse results. Deep sedation with propofol in routine colonoscopy could maximize the results of cecal intubation... 
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the Disability Adjusted Life Years in northern ItalyN Minicuci
National Council Research, Padua, Italy
Minerva Med 102:1-14. 2011..Our study aimed to increase the validity of the Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY), by incorporating local estimates of the disease incidence and applying population-specific disability weights...
Disability-free life expectancy: a cross-national comparison among Bulgarian, Italian, and Latin American older populationNadia Minicuci
National Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience, Padova, Italy
J Aging Health 23:629-81. 2011..To present sociodemographic and health status harmonized variables constructed to evaluate cross-national differences in term of Disability Free Life Expectancy (DFLE) across different surveys...- Influence of level of education on disability free life expectancy by sex: the ILSA studyN Minicuci
National Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience Padova Aging Section, C o Clinica Medica 1Via Giustiniani, 2 35128 Aging Unit, Padova, Italy
Exp Gerontol 40:997-1003. 2005..To assess the effect of education on Disability Free Life Expectancy among older Italians, using a hierarchical model as indicator of disability, with estimates based on the multistate life table method and IMaCh software... - Disability free life expectancy in older ItaliansNadia Minicuci
National Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience, Aging Unit, Padova, Italy
Disabil Rehabil 27:221-7. 2005..To estimate Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE) among a cohort of 3005 Italians aged 65-84 and evaluate geographical differences... - Predictors of transitions in vitality: the italian longitudinal study on agingNadia Minicuci
CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Section of Padova Aging, c o Clinica Medica 1, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35128 Padova, Italy
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:566-73. 2005..Interventions are warranted to reduce social inequalities, promote adequate body weight, and prevent and treat depressive symptoms... - Predicting mortality in older patients. The VELCA StudyNadia Minicuci
CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Clinical Section on Aging, Padova, Italy
Aging Clin Exp Res 15:328-35. 2003.... - Cross-national determinants of quality of life from six longitudinal studies on aging: the CLESA projectNadia Minicuci
National Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience, Aging Unit, Padova, Italy
Aging Clin Exp Res 15:187-202. 2003..The design of each study is briefly introduced and the methodology leading to the harmonization of the common variables is described... - Prevalence rate and correlates of depressive symptoms in older individuals: the Veneto StudyNadia Minicuci
Center on Aging, National Research Council, Padova, Italy
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M155-61. 2002..Depressive symptoms (DS) are very common in elders, particularly among women, and their prevalence rates vary widely across countries... - Alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome in the elderly: results from the Italian longitudinal study on agingA Buja
Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Eur J Clin Nutr 64:297-307. 2010..The aim of this study was to assess the association between alcohol consumption and the prevalence and incidence of MS, as well as its components in a large sample of Italian elderly people... - Diabetes as a risk factor for cognitive decline in older patientsS Maggi
CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Aging Section, Padua, Italy
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 27:24-33. 2009..To assess the role of type 2 diabetes as a risk factor for cognitive decline among elderly people... - Ten-year trends in vitamin intake in free-living healthy elderly people: the risk of subclinical malnutritionE D Toffanello
National Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience, Section on Aging, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
J Nutr Health Aging 15:99-103. 2011..To explore the trends of vitamin intake over a 10-year follow-up in a group of successfully aging elderly people... - Prevalence rate of urinary incontinence in community-dwelling elderly individuals: the Veneto studyS Maggi
Center on Aging, National Research Council, Padova, Italy
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 56:M14-8. 2001..The objectives of the present work were to estimate the prevalence of UI in a community-based population of elderly Italians and to determine the associated physical, social, and psychological factors... - Validity of the ATP III diagnostic criteria for the metabolic syndrome in an elderly Italian Caucasian population: the Italian Longitudinal Study on AgingStefania Maggi
National Research Council, Aging Branch, Institute of Neuroscience, Padova, Italy
Atherosclerosis 197:877-82. 2008..Small adjustments in the cut off levels could be suggested for glycaemia (men) and in blood pressure (men and women)... - MDMA ('ecstasy') consumption in the context of polydrug abuse: a report on 150 patientsF Schifano
Addiction Treatment Unit No 1 SerT 1, Padova, Italy
Drug Alcohol Depend 52:85-90. 1998.... - High plasma insulin and lipids profile in older individuals: the Italian longitudinal study on agingS Maggi
National Research Council Center on Aging, University of Padua, Italy
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 56:M236-42. 2001..This study investigates the relationships of fasting plasma insulin and selected metabolic and biological risk factors in an aged population... - Teaching and training programme on carbohydrate counting in Type 1 diabetic patientsD Bruttomesso
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy
Diabetes Nutr Metab 14:259-67. 2001..The knowledge acquired persisted 7 months after the end of the course. Therefore, we conclude that a simple teaching program can improve diet knowledge in Type 1 diabetics and establish a sustained habit of counting CHO... - Long-term persistence of low bone density in orthotopic liver transplantationS Giannini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua and National Research Council, Centre for Aging Studies of Padua, Italy
Osteoporos Int 11:417-24. 2000.... - Autoantibodies against oxidized LDLs and atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetesFrancesco Piarulli
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Ospedale dei Colli, Via dei Colli 4, 35100 Padova, Italy
Diabetes Care 28:653-7. 2005.... - Predictors of mortality: an international comparison of socio-demographic and health characteristics from six longitudinal studies on aging: the CLESA projectMarianna Noale
National Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience, Aging Unit, Padova, Italy
Exp Gerontol 40:89-99. 2005..Our objective is to determine the differential impact of socio-demographic variables, selected diseases, health habits and disability on all-cause mortality, among older people living in five European countries and Israel... - Hypercalciuria is a common and important finding in postmenopausal women with osteoporosisSandro Giannini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Clinica Medica 1, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Eur J Endocrinol 149:209-13. 2003..They were 45-88 years of age and had been referred for their first visit to our Unit for Metabolic Bone Diseases over a 2-year period because of primary osteoporosis (bone density T-score < -2.5)... - Fat-free mass and fat mass reference values by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in a 20-80 year-old Italian populationAlessandra Coin
Clinica Geriatrica, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Universita di Padova, Padova
Clin Nutr 27:87-94. 2008..To establish reference values for fat-free mass (FFM), the FFM index (FFMI), fat mass (FM) and the FM index (FMI) in an Italian adult population, developing percentile distribution curves for age brackets between 20 and 80 years... - Identification of factorial structure of MMSE based on elderly cognitive destiny: the Italian Longitudinal Study on AgingM Noale
National Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience, Padova Aging Section, Italy
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 21:233-41. 2006..Considering our results, we could hypothesize that MMSE static structure reflects the cognitive profile of elderly, and is thus influenced by subjects' potential to develop dementia... - Multidimensional profiles of health status: an application of the grade of membership model to the world health surveyAlessandra Andreotti
CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Padova Section, Padova, Italy
PLoS ONE 4:e4426. 2009.... - Depressive symptoms and development of coronary heart disease events: the Italian longitudinal study on agingChiara Marzari
National Research Council, Aging Branch, Institute of Neuroscience, Padova, Italy
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:85-92. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Depressive symptomatology confers an increased risk for CHD in men and for total mortality in men and women but is not explained by health behaviors, social isolation, or biological or clinical determinants... - Mild peripheral neuropathy prevents both leg muscular ischaemia and activation of exercise-induced coagulation in Type 2 diabetic patients with peripheral artery diseaseF Piarulli
Department of Medical and Surgical Science, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Diabet Med 24:1099-104. 2007..To study the influence of peripheral neuropathy on intermittent claudication in patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM)... - Esophagitis in frail elderly peopleFabrizio Cardin
Geriatric Department, Division of Geriatric Surgery, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
J Clin Gastroenterol 41:257-63. 2007..We studied the clinical course of elderly patients acutely hospitalized for various diseases, assessing any differences between patients with and without esophagitis... - Constipation in the acutely hospitalized older patientsFabrizio Cardin
Geriatrics Department, Surgery Geriatric Unit, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 50:277-81. 2010.... - Plasma lipoproteins, apoproteins and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetic patients. A nine-year follow-up studyG Roselli della Rovere
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 13:46-51. 2003..The differences in apo concentrations between patients with and without vascular disease may reflect qualitative abnormalities in plasma lipoproteins related to vascular disease... - Gender differences in depressive symptoms among older adults: a cross-national comparison: the CLESA projectMaria Victoria Zunzunegui
Dépt de médecine sociale et préventive, Universite de Montreal, CP 6128, Succursale Centre Ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 42:198-207. 2007..To assess country-specific gender differences in depressive symptoms and to explore if exposures and vulnerabilities vary by gender among older men and women from four European countries and Israel... - [Community attitudes towards mental illness and socio-demographic characteristics: an Italian study]Chiara Buizza
IRCCS, Centro S Giovanni di Dio, Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 14:154-62. 2005..To assess the association between socio-demographic characteristics and community attitudes towards mentally ill people... - Are IADLs comparable across countries? Sociodemographic associates of harmonized IADL measuresSuvi Nikula
University of Tampere, School of Public Health, Tampere, Finland
Aging Clin Exp Res 15:451-9. 2003..The focus of this report is to examine the comparability of IADLs across countries and to study the association of IADLs with age, gender and socioeconomic status, and the scalability of the measure... - The MALVA (MAntova LongeVA) study: an investigation on people 98 years of age and over in a province of Northern ItalyPaola Gueresi
Department of Statistical Sciences Paolo Fortunati, University of Bologna, Via Belle Arti 41, Bologna, Italy
Exp Gerontol 38:1189-97. 2003..Data on the socio-demographic characteristics and the health status of very old people in the province of Mantova are discussed and compared to findings from previous studies on Italian centenarians... - Results of a multi-level therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease subjects in the "real world" (CRONOS project): a 36-week follow-up studyGiuseppe Bellelli
Rehabilitation Unit, Ancelle della Carita Hospital, 26100 Cremona, Italy
Aging Clin Exp Res 17:54-61. 2005..In this paper we present the results of this approach in a large population of AD subjects followed for 36 weeks by 14 AEUs in Eastern Lombardy, Italy...