Contents
Geriatrics and Gerontolog y International Volume 19 Issue 9, September 2019
EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL PRACTICE
AND HEALTHInternational review of national-level guidelines on end-of-lifecare with focus on the withholding and withdrawingof artificial nutrition and hydration
T Mayers et al.
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Low hemoglobin A1c and low body mass index are associatedwith dementia and activities of daily living disability among
Japanese nursing home residents with diabetes
Y Hatano et al.
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Associations of neighborhood walkability with intensity- andbout-specific physical activity and sedentary behaviorof older adults in Japan
S Amagasa et al.
861
Usual walking and obstacle avoidance are influenced bydepressive and anxiety symptoms in patients with
Parkinson’s disease
P Nóbrega-Sousa et al.
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Low blood pressure is associated with acute kidney injury
development and mortality in octogenarians admitted
to the emergency room
M Abu Alfeilat et al.
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Controlled randomized trial of walking exercise with positive
education on cardiovascular fitness and happiness in retired
older adults
TS-H Lee et al.
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Association of sleep condition and social frailty in communitydwelling older people
S Nakakubo et al.
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Food intake assessment in acutely ill older internal medicine
patients
O Tonkikh et al.
890
Comparison of three frailty models and a sarcopenia
model in elderly patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease
K Hirai et al.
896
Exploratory research on outcomes for individuals missing
through dementia wandering in JapanK Kikuchi et al.
902
Sarcopenia-associated factors in Japanese patients withrheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study
T Mochizuki et al.
907
Potentially inappropriate prescriptions of anticholinergics
drugs in Alzheimer’s disease patients
LF Valladales-Restrepo et al.
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Online engagement and cognitive function amongolder adults
R Amini et al.
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Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index, a predictive
assessment tool, for postoperative complications
after abdominal surgery: A prospective multicenter
cohort study
M Hanada et al.

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BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Similarities and differences in health-related behavior
clustering among older adults in Eastern and Westerncountries: A latent class analysis of global aging cohorts
J Liao et al.
Older adults’ choices of first-contact care and related
factors in Zhejiang and Qinghai Province, China
X Hu et al.

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SOCIAL RESEARCH, PLANNING AND
PRACTICE
Daily sleep duration and the risk of incident disability
among younger elderly Japanese adults in the New
Integrated Suburban Seniority Investigation Project:
A prospective study using competing event analysis
L Zhang et al.
Ecological relationship between social capital andcognitive decline in Japan: A preliminary study fordementia-friendly communities
H Murayama et al.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORCASE REPORTS
Rhabdomyolysis diagnosed in an older woman withdementia on examination after a wandering episodeK Horiuchi et al.
Oldest-old type 1 diabetes patient receiving insulin pumptreatment with positive myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil
cytoplasmic antibody complication: A case report
T Omura et al.
Askin’s tumor in an elderly patient
S Iwamoto et al.

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RESEARCH STUDIES
Effect of dairy-based and energy-enriched berry-based
snacks on quality of life in older people
I Nykänen et al.
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Updated understanding of WRN variants using the Japanesewhole-genome reference panel 3.5KJPNv2
H Fukunaga et al.
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