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Arch Gerontol Geriatr ; 107: 104918, 2023 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36580885

RESUMO

PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH: The study aimed to examine the correlation between underlying medical conditions and gait analysis parameters as well as determine the key determiners of fall risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 120 hospitalized older adults, recruited from a medical center in northern Taiwan, completed three instruments: the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, a demographic questionnaire, and the Morse Fall Scale. The inferential statistics were subjected to the chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient analysis to determine the correlations among the demographic variables, gait analysis parameters, and fall risk in elderly inpatients. Logistic regression was used to analyze the predictors of elderly inpatients' fall risk. RESULTS: The results showed that longer TUG test times, slower walking speeds, or shorter stride lengths are related to higher fall risk. The new finding was that longer TUG test times and slow gait speeds were correlated with lower gastrointestinal as well as hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms that gait analysis parameters are significantly correlated with fall risk among older inpatients and that TUG is an important indicator of frailty, prefrailty, or metabolic state. Early detection of the symptoms of gastrointestinal disorders and the provision of adequate nutrition could potentially improve inpatients' gait and prevent falls.


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Gastroenteropatias , Equilíbrio Postural , Humanos , Idoso , Estudos Transversais , Estudos de Tempo e Movimento , Marcha , Avaliação Geriátrica/métodos
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21310354

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Emerging evidence suggests that an intact DNA damage response (DDR) serves as a potent barrier to malignant transformation. Using immunohistochemistry and patient-derived biopsy samples, we investigated whether the same may hold true during oral carcinogenesis. DNA damage accumulates early in the development of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) as evidenced by the detection of surrogate DDR biomarkers γ-H2A.X and phosphorylated CHK2-threonine-68 (phospho-CHK2(Thr68)) in epithelial hyperplasias. However, whereas γ-H2A.X expression peaked in dysplastic epithelium, its levels were significantly reduced in OSCCs (χ(2) = 7.655; P = .02). In contrast, there was a trend toward increased phospho-CHK2(Thr68) expression with increasing severity of the pathology. Nonetheless, combined expression of the biomarkers was significantly greater in the nontransformed tissues relative to OSCCs (χ(2) = 6.42; P = .04). Thus, our findings suggest that early therapeutic exploitation of the DDR may be worthy of investigation as a means by which to limit OSCC development.


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Biomarcadores Tumorais/análise , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/genética , Dano ao DNA/genética , Neoplasias Bucais/genética , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Biópsia , Transformação Celular Neoplásica/genética , Quinase do Ponto de Checagem 2 , Replicação do DNA/genética , Epitélio/patologia , Genes Supressores de Tumor , Histonas/análise , Humanos , Hiperplasia , Imuno-Histoquímica , Mucosa Bucal/patologia , Fosfoproteínas/análise , Fosforilação/genética , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/análise , Treonina/genética
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J Chin Med Assoc ; 71(3): 123-7, 2008 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18364263

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BACKGROUND: Her2/neu was thought to be a proto-oncogene with sequence homology to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Its overexpression was seen in many cancers and referred to regimens of anticancer therapy. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the abnormal expression existed in oral carcinogenesis. METHODS: Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was used to detect Her2/neu expression in normal oral mucosa (NOM) (n = 20), oral precancerous lesions of epithelial dysplasia (ED) (n = 20), and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) (n = 30). The association of clinicopathologic covariates of areca use, tumor size, neck lymph node metastasis, differentiation and stages of cancer with the expression of Her2/neu was examined. The significance of Neu immunoreactivity in different groups or with different covariates was investigated using Fisher's exact test. RESULTS: Her2/neu immunoreactivity was very low with Her2/neu(+) in 10% (2/20) of NOM cases and in 25% (5/20) of ED cases, respectively. The Her2/neu expression was high in OSCC cases, with 40% (12/30) of Her2/neu(+) and 10% (3/30) of Her2/neu(++). Significant difference was observed between NOM/ED and OSCC cases (p < 0.05). All clinicopathologic covariates showed no significant relation to the expression of Her2/neu in OSCC cases. CONCLUSION: These findings suggested a dynamic change in Her2/neu expression during the development of OSCC. The overexpression of Her2/neu can be used as a marker in distinguishing NOM/ED from OSCC.


Assuntos
Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/química , Mucosa Bucal/química , Neoplasias Bucais/química , Lesões Pré-Cancerosas/química , Receptor ErbB-2/análise , Receptor ErbB-2/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Feminino , Genes erbB-2 , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mucosa Bucal/patologia , Neoplasias Bucais/patologia , Lesões Pré-Cancerosas/patologia , Proto-Oncogene Mas
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