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Creator:: Manns, Patricia J.
Abstract:: Low physical activity levels and high serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) in both men and women. However, postmenopausal women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may have increased risk of CAD because of HRT-related increases in serum CRP. There are two manuscripts...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: successful aging (Taaffe, Harris, Ferrucci, Rowe, & Seeman, 2000). Similarly, investigators from the

Creator:: Messenger, Wyatt
Abstract:: BACKGROUND: The association of vitamin D with heart attack and stroke remains unclear. METHOD: Using data from the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study (MrOS), we collected dietary vitamin D data from 5,995 participants and serum (25)OH vitamin D from 1,606 participants. The association of vitamin D with prevalent heart attack...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: -hydroxyvitamin D3 levels than controls (32.0 versus 35.5 nmol/L; p = 0.017) (Scragg et al). In a large

Creator:: Oberstaller, Peggy E.
Abstract:: Falls are extremely common among the older adult population, account for substantial morbidity and mortality, and are often potentially preventable. It is estimated that 9 out of 10 of hip fractures in older adults occur as the result of a fall. The economic consequences of hip fractures are estimated at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (l-ji)) -.728 + (2.85 1 * lateral sway, eyes open). Using a ROC curve analysis, the model correctly

Creator:: Gunter, Katherine B.
Abstract:: In the United States, falls are the leading cause of unintentional death with one of every three people 65 years and older falling each year. Falls account for approximately 95% of hip fractures among older adults and falls to the side predominate hip fracture related falls in this population. However,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: & Kivela, 1995). Data indicate that just over l%-2% of the 30 million falls that occur annually among

Creator:: Barker, Tyler
Abstract:: Despite the advances in surgery, physical therapy, and pharmaceutical agents, muscle dysfunction (i.e., atrophy and weakness) continues to impair recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and surgery. Ischemia-reperfusion injury during surgery and the subsequent limb disuse are two events experienced by patients having ACL surgery. Oxidative stress and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Creatine Kinase (CK; U/L). ........................................................................ 57

Creator:: Juan, WenYen D.
Abstract:: Nutrition and health-related risk factors could be identified through the implementation of the nutrition preventive strategies, such as nutrition screening, for the Chinese elderly population who are at high risk of malnutrition. Efficacious culturally sensitive nutrition assessment tools and nutrition screening tools hold the most essential value to assess the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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