Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Martin J. Connolly

Chronic bronchitis: an old man’s enemy?
Age Ageing 2003 32: 561-562; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg124 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary:

Neil D. Gillespie, Marion E. T. McMurdo, and Allan D. Struthers

Diagnosis and management of heart failure: implications of the recent European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the older patient
Age Ageing 2003 32: 563-565; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg106 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anita M. Jones, Janice E. O’Connell, and Christopher S. Gray

Living and dying with congestive heart failure: addressing the needs of older congestive heart failure patients
Age Ageing 2003 32: 566-568; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg120 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and reviews:

News and reviews
Age Ageing 2003 32: 569-570; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg125 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

Simon Conroy, Sophie Moulias, and Wassif S. Wassif

Primary hyperparathyroidism in the older person
Age Ageing 2003 32: 571-578; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg122 [Abstract] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Kirsten Avlund, Mikkel Vass, and Carsten Hendriksen

Onset of mobility disability among community-dwelling old men and women. The role of tiredness in daily activities
Age Ageing 2003 32: 579-584; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg101 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yukio Oida, Yoshinori Kitabatake, Yohko Nishijima, Toshiya Nagamatsu, Hiroshi Kohno, Kenichi Egawa, and Takashi Arao

Effects of a 5-year exercise-centered health-promoting programme on mortality and ADL impairment in the elderly
Age Ageing 2003 32: 585-592; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg123 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hei-Fen Hwang, Wen-Miin Liang, Yun-Ning Chiu, and Mau-Roung Lin

Suitability of the WHOQOL-BREF for community-dwelling older people in Taiwan
Age Ageing 2003 32: 593-600; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg102 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suzanne Timmons, Maeve Kingston, Mehboob Hussain, Hiliary Kelly, and Richard Liston

Pulmonary embolism: differences in presentation between older and younger patients
Age Ageing 2003 32: 601-605; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg098 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Minna Löppönen, Ismo Räihä, Raimo Isoaho, Tero Vahlberg, and Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä

Diagnosing cognitive impairment and dementia in primary health care – a more active approach is needed
Age Ageing 2003 32: 606-612; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg097 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paula M. Trief, Michael J. Wade, Denise Pine, and Ruth S. Weinstock

A comparison of health-related quality of life of elderly and younger insulin-treated adults with diabetes
Age Ageing 2003 32: 613-618; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg105 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Melzer, Tzuo-Yun Lan, and Jack M. Guralnik

The predictive validity for mortality of the index of mobility-related limitation – results from the EPESE study
Age Ageing 2003 32: 619-625; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg107 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cara Tannenbaum and Nancy Mayo

Women’s health priorities and perceptions of care: a survey to identify opportunities for improving preventative health care delivery for older women
Age Ageing 2003 32: 626-635; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg119 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Lange, Jan Parner, Eva Prescott, and Jørgen Vestbo

Chronic bronchitis in an elderly population
Age Ageing 2003 32: 636-642; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg108 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Harry K. M. Lee and Rhonda J. Scudds

Comparison of balance in older people with and without visual impairment
Age Ageing 2003 32: 643-649; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg110 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Holly Syddall, Cyrus Cooper, Finbarr Martin, Roger Briggs, and Avan Aihie Sayer

Is grip strength a useful single marker of frailty?
Age Ageing 2003 32: 650-656; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg111 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John M. Starr, Heather Martin, Jodie McCoubrey, Gavin Gibson, and Ian R. Poxton

Risk factors for Clostridium difficile colonisation and toxin production
Age Ageing 2003 32: 657-660; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg112 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vivienne L. S. Crawford, Susan E. McNerlan, and Robert W. Stout

Seasonal changes in platelets, fibrinogen and factor VII in elderly people
Age Ageing 2003 32: 661-665; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg113 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Narasimhan Pradeep Kumar, Alan Thomas, Paul Mudd, Robert O. Morris, and Tahir Masud

The usefulness of carotid sinus massage in different patient groups
Age Ageing 2003 32: 666-669; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg114 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Reports:

Galia Rahav, Erica Pinco, Gilad Bachrach, and Herve Bercovier

Molecular epidemiology of asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly
Age Ageing 2003 32: 670-673; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg096 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters:

David G. Smithard and David Spriggs

No gag, no food
Age Ageing 2003 32: 674; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg099a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacques Cornuz, Marc-Antoine Krieg, Lorenzo Sandini, Christiane Ruffieux, Guy van Melle, and Peter Burckhardt

Factors associated with the use of hormone replacement therapy among older women
Age Ageing 2003 32: 675-678; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg099b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Barber, Virginia Braid, Des Gilmore, Stan J. Grant, Cecelia Camacho-Hubner, Paul J. Jenkins, and David J. Stott

IGF-1 levels, leg extensor power and physical performance after proximal femoral fracture
Age Ageing 2003 32: 678-680; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg099c [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Opinder Sahota

A rationale for vitamin D prescribing in a falls clinic population
Age Ageing 2003 32: 681; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg103a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jugdeep K. Dhesi and Theresa J. Allain

Reply
Age Ageing 2003 32: 681-682; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.6.681-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacob C. Tony

Nursing home prescribing indicators
Age Ageing 2003 32: 682-683; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg103c [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen H. D. Jackson and C. Alice Oborne

Reply
Age Ageing 2003 32: 683; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg103d [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. W. Fowler

Spirometry in old age
Age Ageing 2003 32: 683-684; doi:10.1093/ageing/32.6.683-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Laura Siat Chin Leong Sit and Hilary Anne Wynne

Attitudes to monitoring of anticoagulation are influenced by age
Age Ageing 2003 32: 684-685; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg103f [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Errata
Age Ageing 2003 32: 686; doi:10.1093/ageing/afg126 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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