Middle-aged to elderly women have a higher asymptomatic infection rate withMycobacterium aviumcomplex, regardless of body habitus

Objective: Information regarding clinical characteristics and the natural course of COVID-19amongst individuals without comorbidities is scarce. We therefore conducted a retrospectiveobservational study to decipher the disease profile in two different age groups, middle-aged (40-59years) and children (up to 12 years). Method: Study was conducted by reviewing the medicalrecords of all patients in the desired age groups and excluding all those with preexisting illness(called comorbidities). Result: A total of 154 and 27 patients were enrolled and studied in themiddle-aged adults and children group respectively. Males dominated in both groups with a sex ratioof 2.9 in adults and 1.7 in children. Most of the children (92.5%) had a history of exposure from aninfected family member, while in the adult group history of contact was present in 71.4% ofpatients.62.9% of children had an asymptomatic infection which was significantly higher than 22.8%in adults. Cough and fever were the most common symptoms in both age groups, but adults weremore likely to have respiratory complaints when compared with children.11 (7.1%) patients in theadult group had severe disease while in the children group none had severe disease. Similarly in theadult group 11 patients required ICU admission, but none in the children group. The mean durationof RTPCR positivity was similar in both groups. There was 1 (0.6%) expiry in the adult groupwhereas none in children. Conclusion: Healthy individuals in both middle-aged and children grouptend to have milder disease and both harbour the virus for the almost same duration but adults aremore symptomatic in comparison to children and hence children are more likely to be potentialasymptomatic carrier and transmitter of infection.

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Pain coping strategy, pain and activity restriction among middle-aged and elderly women with knee pain

Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi Japanese Journal of Geriatrics ◽

10.3143/geriatrics.45.539 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 45 (5) ◽

pp. 539-545 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mifumi Noro ◽

Koichiro Oka ◽

Ai Shibata ◽

Yoshio Nakamura

Keyword(s):

Knee Pain ◽

Coping Strategy ◽

Elderly Women ◽

Pain Coping ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Activity Restriction ◽

Pain Coping Strategy

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Changes in breast cancer incidence and mortality in middle-aged and elderly women in 28 countries with Caucasian majority populations

Annals of Oncology ◽

10.1093/annonc/mdm593 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 19 (5) ◽

pp. 1009-1018 ◽

Cited By ~ 62

Author(s):

C. Héry ◽

J. Ferlay ◽

M. Boniol ◽

P. Autier

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Cancer Incidence ◽

Elderly Women ◽

Breast Cancer Incidence ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Incidence And Mortality

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Canadian recommendations underestimate energy needs of women over fifty years as determined by doubly-labelled water

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology ◽

10.1139/y00-032 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 78 (8) ◽

pp. 631-635

Author(s):

Crystal H Kaczkowski ◽

Peter JH Jones ◽

Jian Ying Feng ◽

Henry S Bayley

Keyword(s):

Energy Expenditure ◽

Elderly Women ◽

Energy Requirement ◽

Dietary Assessment ◽

Population Level ◽

World Health ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Doubly Labelled Water ◽

Energy Needs ◽

Light Activity

Accurate estimations of energy requirements at the population level are crucial because of disease processes associated with energy imbalance. The present objective was to compare energy expenditure with existing Recommended Nutrient Intakes for Canadians (RNIC) and determine whether the RNIC provides a true index of energy requirement in middle-aged and elderly Canadian women. A second objective was to compare energy expenditure and the RNIC to Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization, United Nations University (FAO/WHO/UNU) predictions. Seventy-six women were recruited for the study (67.3 ± 11.5 y, 63 ± 11.7 kg, BMI 24.8 ± 4.4 kg·m-2). The two-point doubly-labelled water (DLW) method was used over 13 days to assess energy expenditure while subjects carried out their routine activities. Subjects were stratified to enable age specific requirements for middle-aged and elderly women. At weight maintenance, energy needs were underestimated using the RNIC (7.1 ± 1.6 MJ·d-1, 1698 ± 391 kcal·d-1) compared to total energy expenditure (10.0 ± 3.2 MJ·d-1, 2395 ± 746 kcal·d-1) as determined by DLW as a whole and for each age group. The RNIC recommendations were lower than the FAO/WHO/UNU estimations even for light activity. Results indicate that mean energy expenditure was 29% greater than the RNIC recommendations created using formulas based on age and weight, whereas the FAO/WHO/ UNU estimations closely approximated energy expenditure based on heavy activity in women 49-79 y and light activity in women over 80 y old. These data suggest a systematic underestimation of Canadian energy recommendations for women.Key words: energy expenditure, doubly-labelled water, energy intake, dietary assessment, humans.

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