Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by hepatitis C
virus (HCV). Treatment options are improving and may enhance prevention; however access …

… IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), and C-reactive protein (CRP) have been shown to
be … Kaplan-Meier survival curves for hospitalization according to grip strength tertile (C) and …

… The Cockcroft–Gault (CG) and MDRD equations and the serum cystatin C concentration
produced the … Serum cystatin C concentration and the CG and MDRD formula might be valuable …

… Catharina Matheï contributed to the design, data extraction, analysis and synthesis. Frieda
Matthys provided the concept to focus on continuing care research and participated in the …

The main consequence of the loss of MM and muscle strength is limitations of physical
performance and disability in older people. It is unclear whether a decline in functional capacity …

… Since then, many researchers have tried to find a better formula based on serum creatinine
or cystatin C [27]. However, none of these methods has been validated in a large population …

… log P N M L C o m b i n e d r e s t r i c t i o n s + C o m b i n e d r e l a x a t i o n s + E x a m
p e r i o d + H o l i d a y p e r i o d + ε where ε is modelled using ARIMA(0,1,2)(3,0,0) 7 . …

Background: vitamin D deficiency is a well-known cause of bone loss and fractures but its
association, especially among the oldest old, with muscle weakness is less obvious. Objective: …

Objectives To investigate whether an observed association between cytomegalovirus ( CMV
) exposure and functional impairment and frailty in older adults is reproducible in a cohort of …

The occurrence and general applicability of the CD4:8 ratio as a surrogate predictor of
mortality among the oldest old have only been tested in a few longitudinal studies. Here, the …