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Editor's view Back

R.M. Francis
Editor’s View
Age Ageing 2010 39: 145; doi:10.1093/ageing/afq001 [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

List of 2009 Reviewers Back

Roger Francis
List of 2009 Reviewers
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 14, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 146-147; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp254 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Introduction to the new International Advisory Panel Back

Introduction to the new International Advisory Panel
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 21, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 148-151; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp261 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Back

David J. Robinson and Diarmuid O'Shea
Nursing home funding — deal or no deal ? — an Irish perspective
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 19, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 152-153; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp253 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews Back

Bill MacLennan
News and Reviews
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 20, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 154-155; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp260 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews Back

John V. Hindle
Ageing, neurodegeneration and Parkinson’s disease
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 5, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 156-161; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp223 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer J. Williams, Paul L. Beck, Christopher N. Andrews, David B. Hogan, and Martin A. Storr
Microscopic colitis — a common cause of diarrhoea in older adults
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 11, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 162-168; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp243 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Reviews Back

Anne Forster, Ruth Lambley, and John B. Young
Is physical rehabilitation for older people in long-term care effective? Findings from a systematic review
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 21, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 169-175; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp247 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Miles D. Witham and Alison Avenell
Interventions to achieve long-term weight loss in obese older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 18, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 176-184; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp251 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers Back

T. A. Ashfield, H. E. Syddall, H. J. Martin, E. M. Dennison, C. Cooper, and A. Aihie Sayer
Grip strength and cardiovascular drug use in older people: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 17, 2009
Age Ageing 2010 39: 185-191; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp203 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Michele L. Callisaya, Leigh Blizzard, Michael D. Schmidt, Jennifer L. McGinley, and Velandai K. Srikanth
Ageing and gait variability—a population-based study of older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 18, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 191-197; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp250 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Holly Syddall, Helen C Roberts, Maria Evandrou, Cyrus Cooper, Howard Bergman, and Avan Aihie Sayer
Prevalence and correlates of frailty among community-dwelling older men and women: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 8, 2009
Age Ageing 2010 39: 197-203; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Pia Nimann Kannegaard, Susanne van der Mark, Pia Eiken, and Bo Abrahamsen
Excess mortality in men compared with women following a hip fracture. National analysis of comedications, comorbidity and survival
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 14, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 203-209; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp221 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kim Delbaere, Jacqueline C. T. Close, A. Stefanie Mikolaizak, Perminder S. Sachdev, Henry Brodaty, and Stephen R. Lord
The Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I). A comprehensive longitudinal validation study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 8, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 210-216; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp225 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Snorri Rafnsson, Ian J. Deary, Martha C. Whiteman, Ann Rumley, G. D. O. Lowe, and F. Gerry R. Fowkes
Haemorheological predictors of cognitive decline: the Edinburgh Artery Study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 21, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 217-222; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp227 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jardi Huzen, Pim van der Harst, Rudolf A. de Boer, Ivonne Lesman-Leegte, Adriaan A. Voors, Wiek H. van Gilst, Nilesh J. Samani, Tiny Jaarsma, and Dirk J. van Veldhuisen
Telomere length and psychological well-being in patients with chronic heart failure
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 19, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 223-227; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp256 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephane Rochat, Robert G. Cumming, Fiona Blyth, Helen Creasey, David Handelsman, David G. Le Couteur, Vasi Naganathan, Philip N. Sambrook, Markus J. Seibel, and Louise Waite
Frailty and use of health and community services by community-dwelling older men: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 14, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 228-233; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp257 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth A. Lingard, Sheryl Y. Mitchell, Roger M. Francis, David Rawlings, Robert Peaston, Fraser N. Birrell, and Andrew W. McCaskie
The prevalence of osteoporosis in patients with severe hip and knee osteoarthritis awaiting joint arthroplasty
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 23, 2009
Age Ageing 2010 39: 234-239; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp222 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Fiona L. M. Chew, Chee-Khuen Yong, S. Mas Ayu, and I. Tajunisah
The association between various visual function tests and low fragility hip fractures among the elderly: a Malaysian experience
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 11, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 239-245; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp259 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jochen Klenk, Clemens Becker, and Kilian Rapp
Heat-related mortality in residents of nursing homes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 20, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 245-252; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp248 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters Back

Faiza Tabassum, Elizabeth Breeze, and Meena Kumari
Coronary heart disease risk factors and regional deprivation in England: does age matter?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 18, 2009
Age Ageing 2010 39: 253-256; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp205 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jorunn Laegdheim Helbostad, Kristin Taraldsen, Randi Granbo, Lucy Yardley, Chris J. Todd, and Olav Sletvold
Validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International in fall-prone older persons
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 22, 2009
Age Ageing 2010 39: 259; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp224 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Baukje Dijkstra, Yvo Kamsma, and Wiebren Zijlstra
Detection of gait and postures using a miniaturised triaxial accelerometer-based system: Accuracy in community-dwelling older adults
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 18, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 259-262; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp249 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Suzy Stokes, Nick S. Kalson, Mark Earl, Adam G. Whitehead, Ian Tyrrell-Marsh, Hannah Frost, and Andrew Davies
Age is no barrier to success at very high altitudes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 12, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 262-265; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp246 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julia L. Newton, Amanda Marsh, James Frith, and Steve Parry
Experience of a rapid access blackout service for older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 25, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 265-268; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp252 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erich Kushner, Gary Van Guilder, Owen MacEneaney, Jared Greiner, Jennifer Cech, Brian Stauffer, and Christopher DeSouza
Ageing and endothelial progenitor cellrelease of proangiogenic cytokines
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 29, 2009
Age Ageing 2010 39: 268-272; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp244 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John M. Starr, Alixe Kilgour, Alison Pattie, Alan Gow, Timothy C. Bates, and Ian J. Deary
Height and intelligence in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1921: a longitudinal study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 11, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 272-275; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp258 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report Back

H. Clough, J. George, and A. Duncan
Psychosis due to non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 7, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 276-277; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp245 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

Phil D. Jones, Debbie Stone, Sarah Jones, and Bethan Lewis
Parkinson’s Disease and Bone Health
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 28, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 278; doi:10.1093/ageing/afq005 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven R. Brenner
Hypothesis: intestinal barrier permeability may contribute to cognitive dysfunction and dementia
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 27, 2010
Age Ageing 2010 39: 278-279; doi:10.1093/ageing/afq006 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katherine Prescott and Ivan Le Jeune
Self-poisoning in older patients
Age Ageing 2010 39: 279; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp218 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nigel Dudley
Letter
Age Ageing 2010 39: 279-280; doi:10.1093/ageing/afq002 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Omer Saka, A.J. McGuire, and C.D.A. Wolfe
Reply
Age Ageing 2010 39: 280; doi:10.1093/ageing/afq003 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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