2015
DOI: 10.4236/aar.2015.45018
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Abstract: Background: Anemia is a common problem with serious consequences in older person but is often overlooked despite considerable evidence that low hemoglobin levels indicate physiologic decline in these patients. Multiple studies demonstrate that anemia is an independent risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality, and decreased quality of life in community-dwelling older persons. Increasing functional deterioration is associated with decreasing hemoglobin concentration in an inverse and linear manner. Aim:… Show more

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“…This was similar to findings of Kamel et al . [ 12 ] This may be due to the fact that majority of the participants in our study were illiterate and belonged to low socioeconomic status and we had little representation from other educational and socioeconomic classes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…This was similar to findings of Kamel et al . [ 12 ] This may be due to the fact that majority of the participants in our study were illiterate and belonged to low socioeconomic status and we had little representation from other educational and socioeconomic classes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Our study found that the prevalence of anemia increased significantly with increasing age ( P = 0.047), this agree with the results of Kamel et al . [ 12 ] and Mugisha et al . [ 13 ] that showed that prevalence of anemia significantly increased with increasing age.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, a community-based study in Iceland found that a 1 mg/dL increase in Hb concentration was associated with a 0.14-to-0.36 s improvement in TUG test results and predicted response to 12-week resistance exercise [ 22 ]. Similarly, a study of 93 community-dwelling older adults in Egypt found that anemia was associated with increased rates of abnormal TUG test results (64.3% of participants with anemia vs. 32.9% of participants without anemia) [ 24 ]. However, treatment of chronic anemia with epoetin alfa increased Hb concentration by 2 g/dL and improved fatigue and subject quality of life, but did not improve TUG test results [ 11 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In contrast, previous studies assessing the association between anemia and TUG test results as a mobility measure have yielded inconsistent results, with some reporting an association between anemia and impaired TUG test results (i.e., 0.14-0.36 s improvement in TUG test results with a 1 mg/dL increase in Hb; 1.5 times greater proportion of impaired TUG test results in anemic group) [16,24], and others reporting no association [21,25]. These studies, however, included relatively few subjects (i.e., 62, 93, 122, and 236 participants, respectively) and were limited to specific populations such as patients with hip arthroplasty or patients with anemia treated with epoetin alfa.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Where, n=sample; size=74 cases; Z α/2=1.96 (The critical value that divides the central 95% of the Z distribution from the 5% in the tail); σ=the estimate of the standard deviation= ± 21.9 [5,6].…”
Section: Study Settingmentioning
confidence: 99%