Risk factors for falls in the Chinese elderly population

SC Ho, J Woo, SSG Chan, YK Yuen… - The Journals of …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
… mortality, especially in the elderly population. This study investigated the occurrence of and
the correlates of falls in a cohort of Hong Kong Chinese elderly aged 70 years and above. …

The prevalence of depressive symptoms and predisposing factors in an elderly Chinese population

J Woo, SC Ho, J Lau, YK Yuen, H Chiu… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
… posing factors to depression in elderly people are confined to Caucasian … the elderly Chinese
population to determine the prevalence of depression and to identify predisposing factors. …

Incidence and risk factors of tuberculosis among the elderly population in China: a prospective cohort study

J Cheng, YN Sun, CY Zhang, YL Yu… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2020 - mednexus.org
… We obtained PAF of each risk factor identified in our study to incident TB among elderly. A
… , we conclude that the elderly population in China had a high TB incidence rate and risk to …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and risk factors of poor sleep quality among Chinese elderly in an urban community: results from the Shanghai aging study

J Luo, G Zhu, Q Zhao, Q Guo, H Meng, Z Hong, D Ding - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
… This study included 1086 community residents aged ≥60 years who completed the
Chinese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (CPSQI). Poor sleeper was defined by a …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence, awareness and control of type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk factors in Chinese elderly population

Y Yan, T Wu, M Zhang, C Li, Q Liu, F Li - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
… This study investigated the prevalence, awareness, and control rates of diabetes in a large
population in Wuhan, China. We found that 18.80% of the elderly residents had T2DM. In …

[HTML][HTML] Suicide in the global Chinese aging population: a review of risk and protective factors, consequences, and interventions

XQ Dong, ES Chang, P Zeng, MA Simon - Aging and disease, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
factors specific to the Chinese immigrant aging population … and contextual factors unique
to Chinese aging populations in … We reviewed evidence on risk factors for suicidal ideation …

Chronic daily headache in Chinese elderly: prevalence, risk factors, and biannual follow-up

SJ Wang, JL Fuh, SR Lu, CY Liu, LC Hsu, PN Wang… - Neurology, 2000 - AAN Enterprises
Risk factors for CDH in our elderly population included analgesic overuse, a history of migraine,
and depression (GDS-S ≥8). These risk factors … the results of this population-based field …

Falls in aged people of the Chinese mainland: epidemiology, risk factors and clinical strategies

J Wang, Z Chen, Y Song - Ageing research reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
… by China National Committee on Ageing, by the end of 2009, China's elderly population
aged over 60 had reached 167 million, accounting for 12.5% of the total population and showed …

Prevalence of and risk factors for sarcopenia in elderly Chinese men and women

EMC Lau, HSH Lynn, JW Woo… - The Journals of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
… of and risk factors for sarcopenia in Chinese persons living in … A low BMI was the only risk
factor found to be significant for … we could not determine risk factors for sarcopenia prospectively…

Highly prevalent and poorly controlled cardiovascular risk factors among Chinese elderly people living in the rural community

A Song, Y Liang, Z Yan, B Sun, C Cai… - European journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
risk factors (CRFs) among elderly people in rural China is unclear. We seek to describe the
distribution, burden and management of major CRFs among older Chinese people living in …