Looking at the Relationship Between Hemoglobin Concentration and Prevalent Mobility Difficulty in Older Women. Should the Criteria Currently Used to Define Anemia in Older People be Reevaluated?

Chaves, Paulo H.M.; Ashar, Bimal H.; Guralnik, Jack M.; Fried, Linda P.

doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50313.x

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“…Jack and co-workers revealed that 16.6% of the patients had only iron deficiency, 6.4% had folate deficiency only and 5.9% of the patients had B12 deficiency [13]. Hence our study corroborates with the findings of this study, iron deficiency being the most common of the nutrient deficiency anemias.…”

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“…48% of all the cases in our study were anemia of chronic disease with renal insufficiency (45.8%) being the most common underlying cause in anemia of chronic disease which is consistent with various epidemiological studies [13,14].…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Beghe et al showed that 14-50% of anemic elderly had no obvious underlying cause [26]. Jack and co-workers revealed 33.6% of the patients in his study group had unexplained anemia [13].…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Jack and co-workers revealed anemia due to chronic renal failure was found in 13.2% of patients [13].…”

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Characteristics of Anemia in Elderly: A Hospital Based Study in South India

Bhasin

Rao

2011

Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus

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Anemia is a common concern in older people and can have significant morbidity and mortality. Because anemia is a sign, not a diagnosis, an evaluation is almost always warranted to identify the underlying cause. The purpose of this study was to study the clinical profile of elderly patients with anemia and to study characteristics of hematological types of anemia in such patients as well as the closest possible etiological profile. Hundred patients above the age of 60 years were included in the study. Clinical profile with laboratory studies of Hemoglobin and diagnostic tests to fix the etiology. Majority of patients had normocytic blood picture. Renal failure was the most common underlying chronic disease. Significant number of patients were on non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs which could contribute to the anaemia. 14% of the patients had an underlying malignancy. 73.3% of the patients in the microcytic group had an underlying GI lesion on endoscopy. Identifying anemia as an important aspect of a comprehensive geriatric assessment is absolutely essential further to clinical detection. Confirming the type of anemia is critical to direct the investigation for profiling the etiology since it is well known that the treatment of anemia goes a long way in improving the overall outcome and quality of life.

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Characteristics of Anemia in Elderly: A Hospital Based Study in South India

Bhasin

Rao

2011

Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus

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“…As a result, as in other observational studies, we do not know which model -the crude model or the fully adjusted model -was the best reflection of the true effect of anemia on functional decline. This may well explain the inconsistent results in other population-based studies of anemia and disability, [23][24][25][26][27] anemia and cognitive impairment or dementia, 3,23,28,29 and anemia and depression 23,24,30 in elderly individuals. These studies all used different levels of control for the confounding effects of comorbidity.…”

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confidence: 94%