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Risk factors associated with mortality in young and long-lived older adults in ...
Confortin,Susana Cararo; Andrade,Selma Regina de; Ono,Lariane Mortean; Figueiró,Thamara Hubler; d’Orsi,Eleonora; Barbosa,Aline RodriguesAbstract This article aims to investigate risk factors associated with mortality in young (< 80 years) and long-lived (≥ 80 years) older adults in Florianópolis. A longitudinal population-based study of 1702 older adults participants of the EpiFloripa Ageing Study. Deaths were identified through searches in the Mortality Information System. The probability of survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier and Lo...
Sarcopenia, bone mineral density, and vitamin D: EpiFloripa aging study 2013/2014
Confortin,Susana Cararo; Ono,Lariane Mortean; Marques,Larissa Pruner; Figueiró,Thamara Hubler; Ceolin,Gilciane; Barbosa,Aline Rodrigues; d’Orsi,Eleonora<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To verify associations between osteopenia/osteoporosis and vitamin D and sarcopenia in the older adult population of Florianópolis, Brazil.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> A cross-sectional population-based study, with 604 older adults (60 years and over). The appendicular muscle mass index (AMMI) was used to identify sarcopenia, with cutoffs of AMMI (Kg/m<sup>2</sup>) < 7.26 kg/m<sup>2</sup> for me...