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2 July 2009

Editorial
John E. Morley and Alan Sinclair
The metabolic syndrome in older persons: a loosely defined constellation of symptoms or a distinct entity?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp105
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Research Paper
René J. F. Melis, Monique I. J. van Eijken, Theo van Achterberg, Steven Teerenstra, Myrra J. F. J. Vernooij-Dassen, Eloy H. van de Lisdonk, and Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert
The effect on caregiver burden of a problem-based home visiting programme for frail older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp101
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30 June 2009

Research Letter
Kerina I. Tull, Vasant Hirani, Ayesha Ali, Eddy Chua, and Jennifer S. Mindell
Impact of different diagnostic thresholds and the anaemia–ferritin–transferrin receptor model on the prevalence of anaemia and impaired iron status in older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp102
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26 June 2009

Research paper
Mateu Cabre, Mateu Serra-Prat, Elisabet Palomera, Jordi Almirall, Roman Pallares, and Pere Clavé
Prevalence and prognostic implications of dysphagia in elderly patients with pneumonia
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 26, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp100
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25 June 2009

Case Report
Tamir Ali and Roger H. Jay
Spontaneous femoral shaft fracture after long-term alendronate
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp106
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Research paper
Jean Woo, Eddie W. C. Suen, Jason C. S. Leung, Nelson L. S. Tang, and Shah Ebrahim
Older men with higher self-rated socioeconomic status have shorter telomeres
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp098
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Research Letter
Tom Braes, Johan Flamaing, Wendy Sterckx, Piet Lipkens, Marc Sabbe, Sophia E. de Rooij, Marieke J. Schuurmans, Philip Moons, and Koen Milisen
Predicting the risk of functional decline in older patients admitted to the hospital: a comparison of three screening instruments
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp097
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24 June 2009

Research Paper
Stephen C. Allen and Mark Baxter
A comparison of four tests of cognition as predictors of inability to perform spirometry in old age
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp104
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Research Paper
Ruth Peters, Nigel Beckett, Mariela Geneva, Maria Tzekova, Fang Hong Lu, Ruth Poulter, Nicola Gainsborough, Brian Williams, Marie-Christine de Vernejoul, Astrid Fletcher, and Christopher Bulpitt
Sociodemographic and lifestyle risk factors for incident dementia and cognitive decline in the HYVET
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp094
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23 June 2009

Research Paper
Nandini Deshpande, E. Jeffrey Metter, Stefania Bandinelli, Jack Guralnik, and Luigi Ferrucci
Gait speed under varied challenges and cognitive decline in older persons: a prospective study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp093
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22 June 2009

Research Paper
Anne Forster, John Young, John Green, Chris Patterson, Peter Wanklyn, Jane Smith, Jenni Murray, Heather Wild, Susan Bogle, and Karin Lowson
Structured re-assessment system at 6 months after a disabling stroke: a randomised controlled trial with resource use and cost study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 22, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp095
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27 May 2009

Research Paper
Andiara Schwingel, Mathew M. Niti, Catherine Tang, and Tze Pin Ng
Continued work employment and volunteerism and mental well-being of older adults: Singapore longitudinal ageing studies
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 27, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp089
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18 May 2009

Letter to the Editor
Marwan H. Adwan
Pseudomonas arthropathy in an older patient
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 18, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp063
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12 May 2009

Research Letter
Paul Gallagher, Jean-Pierre Baeyens, Eva Topinkova, Pavla Madlova, Antonio Cherubini, Beatrice Gasperini, Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft, Beatriz Montero, Pierre Olivier Lang, Jean-Pierre Michel, and Denis O’Mahony
Inter-rater reliability of STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons’ Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment) criteria amongst physicians in six European countries
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on May 12, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp058
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30 April 2009

Erratum
Roy L. Soiza, David J. P. Williams, and Mike A. Crilly
Use of pulse wave analysis to measure arterial stiffness in old age
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp048
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Erratum
Paul J. Roderick, Richard J. Atkins, Liam Smeeth, Dorothea M. Nitsch, Richard B. Hubbard, Astrid E. Fletcher, and Chris J. Bulpitt
Detecting chronic kidney disease in older people; what are the implications?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp047
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12 March 2009

Case Report
Emma M. E. Rankin, Rayessa Rayessa, and Sarah L. Keir
Pseudoperipheral palsy due to cortical infarction
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 12, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ageing/afp025
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